The looseness or tightness of a social network may affect speech patterns adopted by a speaker. For instance, Sylvie Dubois and Barbara Horvath found that speakers in one Cajun Louisiana community were more likely to pronounce English "th" [θ] as [t] (or [ð] as [d]) if they participated in a relatively dense social network (i.e. had strong local ties and interacted with many other speakers in the community), and less likely if their networks were looser (i.e. fewer local ties).Dubois, Sylvie and Horvath, Barbara. (1998). "Let's tink about dat: Interdental Fricatives in Cajun English." Language Variation and Change 10 (3), pp 245–61.
the looseness or tightness of a social network may affect speech patterns adopted by a speaker for instance sylvie dubois and barbara horvath found that speakers in one cajun louisiana community were more likely to pronounce english "th" [θ] as [t] (or [ð] as [d]) if they participated in a relatively dense social network (ie had strong local ties and interacted with many other speakers in the community) and less likely if their networks were looser (ie fewer local ties)dubois sylvie and horvath barbara (1998) "let's tink about dat interdental fricatives in cajun english" language variation and change 10 (3) pp 245–61