Dialect Change (eBook, PDF)

Convergence and Divergence in European Languages
Redaktion: Auer, Peter

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Produktbeschreibung

Dialects are constantly changing, and due to increased mobility in more recent years, European dialects have 'levelled', making it difficult to distinguish a native of Reading from a native of London, or a native of Bonn from a native of Cologne. This comprehensive study brings together a team of leading scholars to explore all aspects of recent dialect change, in particular dialect convergence and divergence. Drawing on examples from a wide range of European countries - as well as areas where European languages have been transplanted - they examine a range of issues relating to dialect contact and isolation, and show how sociolinguistic conditions differ hugely between and within European countries. Each specially commissioned chapter is based on original research, giving an overview of work on that particular area and presenting case studies to illustrate the issues discussed. Dialect Change will be welcomed by all those interested in sociolinguistics, dialectology, the relevance of language variation to formal linguistic theories, and European languages.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511126451
• Artikelnr.: 38184513

Autorenporträt

Peter Auer is Chair of German Linguistics at the University of Freiburg
Frans Hinskens is Head of the Department of Linguistics at Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam, and Professor of Language Variation and Change at Free University, Amsterdam
Paul Kerswill is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Reading

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; Map; 1. The study of dialect convergence and divergence: conceptual and methodological considerations F. Hinskens, P. Auer and P. Kerswill; Part I. Convergence, Divergence and Linguistic Structure: 2. Internal and external factors in phonological convergence: the case of English /t/ lenition J. Kallen; 3. Dialect/standard convergence, mixing and models of language contact: the case of Italy G. Berruto; 4. Convergence and divergence in grammar L. Cornips and K. Corrigan; 5. Phonology, grammar and discourse in dialect convergence J. Cheshire, P. Kerswill and A. Williams; Part II. Macrosociolinguistic Motivations of Convergence and Divergence: 6. Processes of standardisation in Scandinavia I. L. Pedersen; 7. The birth of new dialects P. Kerswill and P. Trudgill; 8. Dialect convergence in the German language islands P. Rosenberg; 9. Political borders and dialect divergence/convergence in Europe C. Woolhiser; 10. The influence of urban centres on the spatial diffusion of dialect phenomena J. Taeldeman; Part III. Microsociolinguistic Motivations: 11. Subjective factors in dialect convergence and divergence T. Kristiansen and J. Jørgensen; 12. How similar are people who speak alike? An interpretive way of using social networks in social dialectology research J. A. Villena-Ponsoda; 13. The role of interpersonal accommodation in a theory of language change P. Auer and F. Hinskens; References; Index.

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List of maps; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; Map; 1. The
study of dialect convergence and divergence: conceptual and methodological
considerations F. Hinskens, P. Auer and P. Kerswill; Part I. Convergence,
Divergence and Linguistic Structure: 2. Internal and external factors in
phonological convergence: the case of English /t/ lenition J. Kallen; 3.
Dialect/standard convergence, mixing and models of language contact: the
case of Italy G. Berruto; 4. Convergence and divergence in grammar L.
Cornips and K. Corrigan; 5. Phonology, grammar and discourse in dialect
convergence J. Cheshire, P. Kerswill and A. Williams; Part II.
Macrosociolinguistic Motivations of Convergence and Divergence: 6.
Processes of standardisation in Scandinavia I. L. Pedersen; 7. The birth of
new dialects P. Kerswill and P. Trudgill; 8. Dialect convergence in the
German language islands P. Rosenberg; 9. Political borders and dialect
divergence/convergence in Europe C. Woolhiser; 10. The influence of urban
centres on the spatial diffusion of dialect phenomena J. Taeldeman; Part
III. Microsociolinguistic Motivations: 11. Subjective factors in dialect
convergence and divergence T. Kristiansen and J. Jørgensen; 12. How similar
are people who speak alike? An interpretive way of using social networks in
social dialectology research J. A. Villena-Ponsoda; 13. The role of
interpersonal accommodation in a theory of language change P. Auer and F.
Hinskens; References; Index.

Rezensionen

'... an excellent book based on internationally oriented research that sets the topic of dialect convergence and divergence into the broader context of dialect and language dynamics. It offers many insights for the interested non-specialist as well as the critical specialist looking for new and yet unsolved research questions.' Sociolinguistica