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SOCIAL NETWORKS IN A RURAL SETTING<br />

ssscor<br />

socne 0.040<br />

SOCNETSSSCOR<br />

1.2<br />

1<br />

0.8<br />

SSSCOR<br />

0.6<br />

SSSCOR<br />

0.4<br />

0.2<br />

0<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />

lexrec<br />

socne 0.197<br />

SOCNET<br />

SOCNETLEXREC<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

LEXREC<br />

30<br />

LEXREC<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9<br />

SOCNET<br />

Next we consider the correlation between the three l<strong>in</strong>guistic variables, <strong>in</strong><br />

order to judge their accuracy as measurements <strong>of</strong> dialect use:<br />

ssscor lexrec socne soclas attdia age lifmo natpri<br />

phov 0.886 0.794 0.056 -0.541 0.356 0.734 0.782 -0.041<br />

PHOVAR is positively correlated with 1) SSSCOR, 2) LEXREC, 3) AGE, 4)<br />

and LIFMOD, and negatively with 5) SOCLAS. Correlations with the other<br />

l<strong>in</strong>guistic scores are to be expected, as they each measure some aspect <strong>of</strong> the<br />

speaker’s l<strong>in</strong>guistic performance <strong>in</strong> the dialect. This correlation confirms that<br />

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