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Stability and Divergence in Language Contact: Factors and Mechanisms

By Kurt Braunmüller , Steffen Höder , Karoline Kühl (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year
2014
ISBN
9027234965, 9789027234964
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2209960 bytes)
Series
Studies in Language Variation 16
Pages
304\305
Scanned
yes
Time added
2015-11-12 01:19:12
Linguistics Words Language Grammar Reference Human

Description

Convergence, i.e. the increase of inter-systemic similarities, is usually considered the default development in language contact situations. This volume focuses on the other logical possibilities of diachronic development, namely stability and divergence – two well-attested, but under-researched phenomena. The contributions investigate the sociolinguistic and structural factors and mechanisms that lead to or at least reinforce both types of non-convergence, despite of language contact. The contributions cover a wide range of language contact situations, including standard and non-standard varieties.

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