![]() For the former, /a/ disfavored deletion whereas for the latter, /a/ had the same effect on deletion as other vowels. In addition, there were group differences in the linguistic conditioning of the deletion. Speakers under 25 years of age who had less contact with non-AAE speakers were more likely to delete /r/ than those who were older and had more contact. ![]() Within this study, rates of /r/-deletion were found to vary as a function of two variables, speaker age and speaker contact with non-AAE speakers. One example of this latter type of influence can be found in Myhill’s (1988) study of AAE /r/-deletion. ![]() In other cases, the variation can be tied to one or more variables that systematically influence the language of a subgroup. In some cases, this variation relates to individual differences between speakers (for more discussion of idiolects, see Mufwene, 2001). Language use varies across individuals even when these individuals are perceived to speak the same general dialect.
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