Dialect change :  convergence and divergence in European languages / 
edited by Peter Auer, Frans Hinskens, and Paul Kerswill. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2005. 
 - xiv, 415 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 358-408) and index. 
<br/><br/> Study of dialect convergence and divergence : conceptual and methodological considerations /  Internal and external factors in phonological convergence : the case of English/t/lenition /  Dialect/standard convergence, mixing, and models of language contact : the case of Italy /  Convergence and divergence in grammar /  Phonology, grammar, and discourse in dialect convergence /  Processes of standardisation in Scandinavia /  Birth of new dialects /  Dialect convergence in the German language islands (Sprachinseln) /  Political borders and dialect divergence/convergence in Europe /  Influence of urban centres on the spatial diffusion of dialect phenomena /  Subjective factors in dialect convergence and divergence /  How similar are people who speak alike? : an interpretive way of using social networks in social dialectology research /  Role of interpersonal accommodation in a theory of language change /  F. Hinskens, P. Auer, and P. Kerswill --  J. Kallen --  G. Berruto --  L. Cornips and K. Corrigan --  J.Cheshire, P. Kerswill, and A. Williams --  I. L. Pedersen --  P. Kerswill and P. Trudgill --  P. Rosenberg --  C. Woolhiser --  J. Taeldeman --  T. Kristiansen and J. Jørgensen --  J. A. Villena-Ponsoda --  P. Auer and F. Hinskens. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521806879 (hbk.) 9780521806879 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004051858 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sociolinguistics--Europe.<br/>Linguistic change--Europe.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Europe--Languages--Dialects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P380  / .D52 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>417.2094  / ABI 1966