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This document summarizes research on the formation of new dialects resulting from long-term contact between mutually intelligible dialects. It discusses how two outcomes can occur: koineization, where one variant dominates; and reallocation, where multiple variants survive but take on new social or linguistic functions. Examples of reallocation are provided, including the retention of both northern (/æ/) and southern (/a:/) variants of words like "dance" in Australian English, where they have become sociall

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MarijaStefanovic

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