The Sociolinguistics of Grammar |
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Editor:
| Åfarli, Tor A. Mæhlum, Brit |
Series title: | Studies in Language Companion Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-90-272-5919-6 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2014 |
Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $149.00 |
Book Description:
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The aim of this book is to investigate and attain new insights on how and to what extent the wider sociolinguistic context of language use and contact impinges on formal grammatical structures. The papers contained in the book approach this important problem from various points of view by focusing on language evolution and change, on multilingualism, language mixing and dialect variation, on spoken language, and on creole languages. Given the theoretical perspectives, methodological...
More DescriptionThe aim of this book is to investigate and attain new insights on how and to what extent the wider sociolinguistic context of language use and contact impinges on formal grammatical structures. The papers contained in the book approach this important problem from various points of view by focusing on language evolution and change, on multilingualism, language mixing and dialect variation, on spoken language, and on creole languages. Given the theoretical perspectives, methodological focus, and analyses, the book will be of interest to theoretical linguists as well as sociolinguists, from undergraduate students to researchers.