Add to ORKGWhen mutually intelligible, but distinct dialects of the same language come into contact, linguistic accommodation occurs. When this contact is long-term, for example in the emerging speech communities of post-colonial settings, such as the English in AustraliaandNew Zealand (Trudgill 1986; Trudgill2004; Britain, in press); oras a result of, say, New Town development (Omdal 1977; Kerswill and William
[Extract] The previous chapter introduced the topic of language change and language family. In this ...
The establishment of new towns in the twentieth century in many parts of the world is a test bed of ...
Traditional areal dialectology has long recognized three types of speech areas: focal areas having a...
When mutually intelligible, but distinct dialects of the same language come into contact, linguistic...
So-called NEW ENGLISHES, distinct forms of English which have emerged in postcolonial settings and c...
Several studies have demonstrated that there is a “critical period” for language acquisition ending ...
As people learn to speak, they acquire the language and dialect spoken around them. The exact forms ...
Koineization as language change Several chapters in this volume [those by Gordon, Bailey, Klemola an...
Abstract. The levelling of accents/dialects has been something of a ‘given ’ in recent accounts of c...
This article explores major processes that operate in new dialect formation, with a focus on the eff...
Each language community (save for a very few confined to a distant island or an inaccessible mountai...
A contemplation of the emergence of World Englishes is essentially a contemplation of the phenomenon...
In recent years, language contacts have been considered one of the main causes for language change (...
This paper considers the application of Yang’s (2000, 2002, 2009) model of phonological change and p...
In accommodation contexts where dialects already contain extensive overlap, the processes of converg...
[Extract] The previous chapter introduced the topic of language change and language family. In this ...
The establishment of new towns in the twentieth century in many parts of the world is a test bed of ...
Traditional areal dialectology has long recognized three types of speech areas: focal areas having a...
When mutually intelligible, but distinct dialects of the same language come into contact, linguistic...
So-called NEW ENGLISHES, distinct forms of English which have emerged in postcolonial settings and c...
Several studies have demonstrated that there is a “critical period” for language acquisition ending ...
As people learn to speak, they acquire the language and dialect spoken around them. The exact forms ...
Koineization as language change Several chapters in this volume [those by Gordon, Bailey, Klemola an...
Abstract. The levelling of accents/dialects has been something of a ‘given ’ in recent accounts of c...
This article explores major processes that operate in new dialect formation, with a focus on the eff...
Each language community (save for a very few confined to a distant island or an inaccessible mountai...
A contemplation of the emergence of World Englishes is essentially a contemplation of the phenomenon...
In recent years, language contacts have been considered one of the main causes for language change (...
This paper considers the application of Yang’s (2000, 2002, 2009) model of phonological change and p...
In accommodation contexts where dialects already contain extensive overlap, the processes of converg...
[Extract] The previous chapter introduced the topic of language change and language family. In this ...
The establishment of new towns in the twentieth century in many parts of the world is a test bed of ...
Traditional areal dialectology has long recognized three types of speech areas: focal areas having a...