Dialect Levelling in Limburg Structural and sociolinguistic aspects
Innbundet /
1996
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9783484303560
Published
1996-11-19
Publisher
De Gruyter
Weight
799 gr
Height
230 mm
Width
155 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
430
Author
This volume presents a study of the phenomenon of dialect levelling, the process of the reduction of structural variation. The investigation focuses on an originally rural Limburg dialect of Dutch. The approach is basically quantitatively sociolinguistic, although methods and insights from historical linguistics, dialectology as well as (linear and non-linear) phonological theory also play an important role. After a discussion of the findings, the outlines are sketched of a theory of dialect levelling. The possibilities as well as some of the problems are discussed of an integration of the study of language variation and change on the one hand and formal linguistic theory on the other.
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This volume presents a study of the phenomenon of dialect levelling, the process of the reduction of structural variation. The approach is basically quantitatively sociolinguistic, although methods and insights from historical linguistics, dialectology as well as (linear and non-linear) phonological theory also play an important role.
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Product details
ISBN
9783484303560
Published
1996-11-19
Publisher
De Gruyter
Weight
799 gr
Height
230 mm
Width
155 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
430
Author