Stability and Divergence in Language Contact
Factors and Mechanisms
GBP
- Editor(s): Kurt Braunmüller 1 , Steffen Höder 2 and Karoline Kühl 3
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View Affiliations Hide AffiliationsAffiliations:1 University of Hamburg2 University of Kiel3 University of Copenhagen
- Format: PDF
- Publication Date November 2014
- e-Book ISBN: 9789027269553
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/silv.16
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.
Related Topics:
Contact Linguistics
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Historical linguistics
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Sociolinguistics and Dialectology
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Theoretical linguistics
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