The dimensions of time and space fundamentally cause and shape the
variability of all human language. To reduce investigation of this
insight to manageable proportions, researchers have traditionally
concentrated on the deepest dialects. But it is increasingly
apparent that, although most people still speak with a distinct
regional coloring, the new mobility of speakers in recently
industrialized and postindustrial societies and the efflorescence
of communication technologies cannot be ignored. This has given
rise to a reconsideration of the relationship between geographical
place and cultural space, and the fundamental link between language
and a spatially bounded territory. Language and Space: An
International Handbook of Linguistic Variation seeks to take full
account of these developments in a comprehensive, theoretically
rich way. The introductory volume examines the concept of space and
linguistic approaches to it, the structure and dynamics of language
spaces, and relevant research methods. A second volume offers the
first thorough exploration of the interplay between linguistic
investigation and cartography, and subsequent volumes uniformly
document the state of research into the spatial dimension of
particular language groupings. Key features: comprehensive coverage
of the field in terms of theory and methods the unique volume
stands alone, since it neither is a handbook of dialectology or of
areal linguistics, nor a handbook on language variation alone
gathers together a great number of distinguished scholars and
experts in the field
Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft (HSK) Vol.30.1
Englisch
Abmessung: 240mm x 170mm
Gewicht: 1610g
ISBN-13: 9783110180022
ISBN-10: 3110180022
Best.Nr.: 28108657
"In sum, this volume offers a comprehensive assessment of language and space research. It casts a wide net in tracing the historical development ofscholarship in this area and in portraying the current state of the art. As a result, a picture emerges of an exciting body of work that explores an expanding range of questions relevant to linguists of various stripes." -- Matthew J. Gordon in: Linguist List 22.2882
"In sum, this volume offers a comprehensive assessment of language and space research. It casts a wide net in tracing the historical development ofscholarship in this area and in portraying the current state of the art. As a result, a picture emerges of an exciting body of work that explores an expanding range of questions relevant to linguists of various stripes."Matthew J. Gordon in: Linguist List 22.2882
Peter Auer, University of Freiburg, Germany; Jürgen Erich Schmidt, University of Marburg, Germany.
