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Variation is the Norm: Embracing Sociolinguistics in NLP

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Main Authors:	Lutgen, Anne-Marie, Plum, Alistair, Blaschke, Verena, Plank, Barbara, Purschke, Christoph
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2026
Subjects:	Computation and Language
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