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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That's a good question, Dave. I have noted variants
within my Cheyenne dictionary and they are of both kinds that you have asked
about.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Wayne</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-----<BR>Wayne Leman<BR>Cheyenne website: <A
href="http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language">http://www.geocities.com/cheyenne_language</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV>I have a question about lexical
variants. Assuming a dictionary is written<BR>in one primary dialect, does a
variant have to refer only to variant<BR>spellings of a word from the primary
dialect? What if the word from the<BR>primary dialect is pronounced with a
slight difference in a minor dialect?<BR>Could that not be called a
dialectical variant? Or would it have to be<BR>called a synonym since it is
not a variant from the primary dialect? How<BR>narrow is the term "variant"?
How have you used this term "variant" in your<BR>own
dictionaries?<BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Dave<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
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