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Taming the Vernacular - From dialect to written standard language (Hardcover)
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Taming the Vernacular - From dialect to written standard language (Hardcover)
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Taming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard Language
examines the differences between 'standard' and 'nonstandard'
varieties of several different languages. Not only are some of the
best-known languages of Europe represented here, but also some that
have been less well-researched in the past. The chapters address
the syntax of Dutch, English, French, Finnish, Galician, German and
Spanish. For these languages, and many others, it is the standard
varieties on which the most extensive syntactic research has been
carried out, with the result that very little is known about the
syntax of their dialects or the spoken colloquial varieties. The
editors of this volume seek to redress the balance by taking a
cross-linguistic perspective on the historical development of the
standardised varieties. This allows them to identify some common
characteristics of spoken language. It also helps the reader to
understand the kinds of filtering processes that are involved in
standardization, which result in the syntax of spoken colloquial
language being different from the syntax of the standard
varieties.Taming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard
Language is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students of
Linguistics, particularly those taking courses in sociolinguistics,
dialectology, and historical linguistics. The focus on a variety of
languages also makes this text suitable for students studying
courses which cover the linguistic aspects of European languages.
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