The apparent time construct¶
Bailey, G. (1991). The apparent time construct. Language Variation and Change.
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Domain-specific¶
- Apparent-time hypothesis
- The apparent-time hypothesis is the sociolinguistic inference that age-patterned variation observed in one cross-sectional sample can represent successive stages of language change.
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The cited paper states the construct's core assumption: generational differences in one sample mirror diachronic language change, which is the claim.
“The basic assumption underlying the construct is that, unless there is evidence to the contrary, differences among generations of similar adults mirror actual diachronic developments in a language: the speech of each generation is assumed to reflect the language more or less as it existed at the time when that generation learned the language.”
- The apparent-time hypothesis is the sociolinguistic inference that age-patterned variation observed in one cross-sectional sample can represent successive stages of language change.
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