Dialects in Contact

Dialects in Contact - Language in Society

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Publisher's Synopsis

This work accounts for the influence mutually intelligible dialects of a language have on one another when they come into contact. It examines linguisitic accommodation in face-to-face interaction and treats this phenomenon as crucial to an understanding of longer-term phenomena such as the geographical spread of linguistic features, the development of "interdialect" and the growth of new dialects.

Book information

ISBN: 9780631127338
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
Imprint: Wiley Blackwell
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 174
Weight: 271g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm