Stability and Divergence in Language Contact: Factors and Mechanisms

✍ Scribed by Kurt Braunmüller, Steffen Höder, Karoline Kühl (eds.)

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 305
Series: Studies in Language Variation 16
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

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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