Dialect Levelling in Limburg Structural and sociolinguistic aspects
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1996
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783484303560
Publisert
1996-11-19
Utgiver
De Gruyter
Vekt
799 gr
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
430
Forfatter
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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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9783484303560
Publisert
1996-11-19
Utgiver
De Gruyter
Vekt
799 gr
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
430
Forfatter