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1 online resource (xiv, 415 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Dialects language |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-408) and index. |
| Contents |
Study of dialect convergence and divergence : conceptual and methodological considerations / F. Hinskens, P. Auer, and P. Kerswill -- Internal and external factors in phonological convergence : the case of English/t/lenition / J. Kallen -- Dialect/standard convergence, mixing, and models of language contact : the case of Italy / G. Berruto -- Convergence and divergence in grammar / L. Cornips and K. Corrigan -- Phonology, grammar, and discourse in dialect convergence / J. Cheshire, P. Kerswill, and A. Williams -- Processes of standardisation in Scandinavia / I.L. Pedersen -- Birth of new dialects / P. Kerswill and P. Trudgill -- Dialect convergence in the German language islands (Sprachinseln) / P. Rosenberg -- Political borders and dialect divergence/convergence in Europe / C. Woolhiser -- Influence of urban centres on the spatial diffusion of dialect phenomena / J. Taeldeman -- Subjective factors in dialect convergence and divergence / T. Kristiansen and J. Jørgensen -- How similar are people who speak alike? : an interpretive way of using social networks in social dialectology research / J.A. Villena-Ponsoda -- Role of interpersonal accommodation in a theory of language change / P. Auer and F. Hinskens. |
| Summary |
This book brings together a team of leading scholars to explore all aspects of recent dialect change, in particular dialect convergence and divergence. Each specially-commissioned chapter is based on original research, giving an overview of current work on that particular area and presenting case studies to illustrate the issues discussed. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sociolinguistics -- Europe.
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Sociolinguistics. |
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Europe. |
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Linguistic change -- Europe.
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Linguistic change. |
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Europe -- Languages -- Dialects.
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Language and languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Auer, Peter, 1954-
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Hinskens, Frans.
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Kerswill, Paul.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dialect change. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 (DLC) 2004051858 |
| ISBN |
9780511486623 (electronic book) |
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0511486626 (electronic book) |
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9780511127809 (electronic book) |
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0511127804 (electronic book) |
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0511127278 |
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9780511127274 |
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0521806879 (hardback) |
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9780521806879 (hardback) |
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1280433590 |
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9781280433597 |
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