Dialect Levelling in Limburg - Structural and sociolinguistic aspects (Hardcover, Reprint 2014)

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.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Linguistische Arbeiten
Release date:	November 1996
First published:	1996
Authors:	Frans Hinskens
Dimensions:	230 x 155 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	430
Edition:	Reprint 2014
ISBN-13:	978-3-484-30356-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Dialectology Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > Slang & jargon
LSN:	3-484-30356-5
Barcode:	9783484303560

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