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Informationen zum Autor Peter Auer is Chair of German Linguistics at the University of Freiburg Frans Hinskens is Head of the Department of Linguistics at Meertens Instituut, Amsterdam, and Professor of Language Variation and Change at Free University, Amsterdam Paul Kerswill is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of Reading Klappentext Dialects are constantly changing! and due to increased mobility in recent years! European dialects have levelled! making it difficult to distinguish a native of Reading from a native of London! or a native of Bonn from a native of Cologne. This comprehensive study brings together a team of leading scholars to explore all aspects of recent dialect change! in particular dialect convergence and divergence. Each chapter is based on original research! giving an overview of current work on that particular area and presenting case studies to illustrate the issues discussed. Zusammenfassung This book brings together a team of leading scholars to explore all aspects of recent dialect change! in particular dialect convergence and divergence. Each specially commissioned chapter is based on original research! giving an overview of work on that particular area and presenting case studies to illustrate the issues discussed. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; List of figures; List of contributors; Preface; Map; 1. The study of dialect convergence and divergence: conceptual and methodological considerations F. Hinskens, P. Auer and P. Kerswill; Part I. Convergence, Divergence and Linguistic Structure: 2. Internal and external factors in phonological convergence: the case of English /t/ lenition J. Kallen; 3. Dialect/standard convergence, mixing and models of language contact: the case of Italy G. Berruto; 4. Convergence and divergence in grammar L. Cornips and K. Corrigan; 5. Phonology, grammar and discourse in dialect convergence J. Cheshire, P. Kerswill and A. Williams; Part II. Macrosociolinguistic Motivations of Convergence and Divergence: 6. Processes of standardisation in Scandinavia I. L. Pedersen; 7. The birth of new dialects P. Kerswill and P. Trudgill; 8. Dialect convergence in the German language islands P. Rosenberg; 9. Political borders and dialect divergence/convergence in Europe C. Woolhiser; 10. The influence of urban centres on the spatial diffusion of dialect phenomena J. Taeldeman; Part III. Microsociolinguistic Motivations: 11. Subjective factors in dialect convergence and divergence T. Kristiansen and J. Jørgensen; 12. How similar are people who speak alike? An interpretive way of using social networks in social dialectology research J. A. Villena-Ponsoda; 13. The role of interpersonal accommodation in a theory of language change P. Auer and F. Hinskens; References; Index....
