Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Theoretical aspects
5. Linguistic stability and divergence 13
6. Convergence vs. divergence from a diasystematic perspective 39
7. Part II: Empirical studies
8. Stability and convergence in case marking 63
9. Towards a typological classification of Judeo-Spanish 77
10. Despite or because of intensive contact? 109
11. Stability in Chinese and Malay heritage languages as a source of divergence 141
12. Does convergence generate stability? 163
13. Gender and noun inflection 179
14. Dialect stability and divergence in southern Spain 207
15. The Bergen dialect splits in two 239
16. Diachronic convergence and divergence in differential object marking between Spanish and Portuguese 265
17. Person index 291
18. Subject index 295