Much has been written on dialect formation through contact between dialects of the same language, but the question of what happens when closely related but linguistically discrete varieties come into contact with each other has largely been neglected. Here Robert McColl Millar sets out to redress this imbalance.
Much has been written on dialect formation through contact between dialects of the same language, but the question of what happens when closely related but linguistically discrete varieties come into contact with each other has largely been neglected. Here Robert McColl Millar sets out to redress this imbalance.
Robert McColl Millar is Reader in Linguistics in the School of Language & Literature at the University of Aberdeen. His books include Northern and Insular Scots (2007), Authority and Identity. A Sociolinguistic History of Europe before the Modern Age (2010) and English Historical Sociolinguistics (2012).
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Chapter 1: Some introductory thoughts Chapter 2: New dialect formation and near-dialect contact Chapter 3: New dialect formation and time depth Chapter 4: Linguistic contact and near-relative relationships Chapter 5: English in the 'transition period': the sources of contact induced change Chapter 6: Conclusions References
Chapter 1: Some introductory thoughts Chapter 2: New dialect formation and near-dialect contact Chapter 3: New dialect formation and time depth Chapter 4: Linguistic contact and near-relative relationships Chapter 5: English in the 'transition period': the sources of contact induced change Chapter 6: Conclusions References
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