Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction; 2. The sociolinguistic situation in Brazil; 3. The Caipira dialect; 4. Network analysis: a dynamic model to approach language change; 5. Network patterns and dialect diffuseness; 6. Collecting data in Brazlandia; 7. The models and methods; 8. The quantitative analysis of the linguistic data; 9. Cross-cultural communication problems; 10. Conclusions; Appendix; Bibliography; Index
Analysis
Portuguese language Brazilian dialect Usage Effects of urbanisation
Notes
"Cambridge studies in linguistics. Supplementary volume"--Ser. t.p
Includes index
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Lancaster, 1983)
