• Contents
  • Index
  • Search
  • Welcome!
  • Chapter overview
  • The variable rule program
    • What is the variable rule program?
    • Standard descriptions of the variable rule program
  • Conducting an analysis with the variable rule program
    • Phonological variables: consonant cluster simplification
    • Operating the variable rule program
      • The token file
      • The condition file
      • The cell file
      • The result file
        • Exercise: spotting interaction
      • Step-up/step-down analysis
        • Important terms
      • Three essential lines of evidence
        • Exercise
  • Critical evaluation
  • Exercises
    • 'prefer to' vs. 'prefer over': datafile
    • Solution
      • Token file
      • Condition file
      • Result file
        • What information can be gathered from the result file?
      • Doing cross-tabs
        • Cross-tabulating "variety" and "time"
        • Cross-tabulating "variety" and "voice"
      • Binomial Up & Down
        • Results in table format
    • Links to further exercises
  • Additional literature
  • Links