TY - BOOK AU - Auer,Peter AU - Hinskens,Frans AU - Kerswill,Paul TI - Dialect change: convergence and divergence in European languages SN - 0521806879 (hbk.) AV - P380 .D52 2005 U1 - 417.2094 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Europe KW - Linguistic change KW - Languages KW - Dialects N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-408) and index; Study of dialect convergence and divergence : conceptual and methodological considerations; F. Hinskens, P. Auer, and P. Kerswill --; Internal and external factors in phonological convergence : the case of English/t/lenition; J. Kallen --; Dialect/standard convergence, mixing, and models of language contact : the case of Italy; G. Berruto --; Convergence and divergence in grammar; L. Cornips and K. Corrigan --; Phonology, grammar, and discourse in dialect convergence; J.Cheshire, P. Kerswill, and A. Williams --; Processes of standardisation in Scandinavia; I. L. Pedersen --; Birth of new dialects; P. Kerswill and P. Trudgill --; Dialect convergence in the German language islands (Sprachinseln); P. Rosenberg --; Political borders and dialect divergence/convergence in Europe; C. Woolhiser --; Influence of urban centres on the spatial diffusion of dialect phenomena; J. Taeldeman --; Subjective factors in dialect convergence and divergence; T. Kristiansen and J. Jørgensen --; How similar are people who speak alike? : an interpretive way of using social networks in social dialectology research; J. A. Villena-Ponsoda --; Role of interpersonal accommodation in a theory of language change; P. Auer and F. Hinskens UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam051/2004051858.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam041/2004051858.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0732/2004051858-b.html ER -