Dialect Change: Convergence and Divergence in European Languages
by Edited by Peter Auer , Frans Hinskens , Paul KerswillEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2008-07-31
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
With dialects constantly changing and mobility increasing in recent years, it has become difficult to distinguish between such local accents as one from London or Reading, Bonn or Cologne. This book's authoritative contributors cover all aspects of recent dialect change, in particular, dialect convergence and divergence. Each commissioned chapter, based on original research, provides an overview of a particular issue and presents case studies to illustrate points raised.
Table of Contents
| List of maps | |
| List of figures | |
| List of contributors | |
| Preface | |
| Map | |
| The study of dialect convergence and divergence: conceptual and methodological considerations | |
| Convergence, Divergence and Linguistic Structure | |
| Internal and external factors in phonological convergence: the case of English /t/ lenition | |
| Dialect/standard convergence, mixing and models of language contact: the case of Italy | |
| Convergence and divergence in grammar | |
| Phonology, grammar and discourse in dialect convergence | |
| Macrosociolinguistic Motivations of Convergence and Divergence | |
| Processes of standardisation in Scandinavia | |
| The birth of new dialects | |
| Dialect convergence in the German language islands | |
| Political borders and dialect divergence/convergence in Europe | |
| The influence of urban centres on the spatial diffusion of dialect phenomena | |
| Microsociolinguistic Motivations | |
| Subjective factors in dialect convergence and divergence | |
| How similar are people who speak alike? An interpretive way of using social networks in social dialectology research | |
| The role of interpersonal accommodation in a theory of language change | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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