Stability and Divergence in Language Contact

Factors and Mechanisms
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-272-3496-4
Verlag: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Buch, Englisch, Band 16, 298 Seiten, Gewicht: 680 g

Reihe: Studies in Language Variation

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Braunmüller, Kurt

Höder, Steffen

Kühl, Karoline

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachkontaktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik