Lynn Clark
List of John Benjamins publications in which Lynn Clark is involved.
Articles
2025 Vowel variation in a segregated and isolated religious community English World-Wide 46:1, pp. 52–92 | Article
While New Zealand English (NZE) is a highly researched variety of English due to its variable monophthongal system, one community in New Zealand remains greatly under-researched — the Gloriavale Christian Community. This community gives us a laboratory insight into how new dialect formation… read more
2012 Dialect data, lexical frequency and the usage-based approach The Dialect Laboratory: Dialects as a testing ground for theories of language change, De Vogelaer, Gunther and Guido Seiler (eds.), pp. 53–72 | Article
Unlike most work in the generative tradition, researchers employing usage-based models of language change (e.g. see the collection of papers in Barlow and Kemmer 2000) often incorporate variable data in their model building. Most of this variable data comes from large corpora. While this approach… read more
2011 Teenagers’ acquisition of variation: A comparison of locally-born and migrant teens’ realisation of English (ing) in Edinburgh and London English World-Wide 32:2, pp. 206–236 | Article
In recent years, the UK has experienced unparalleled numbers of migrants from Eastern Europe, particularly Poland. Many migrants came with their families. We examined variation in the English spoken by adolescent Polish migrants in Edinburgh and London. We asked: to what extent are teenage Polish… read more