A Gase of Convergence and its Interpretation: MHG î and û in the City Dialect of Constance

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction: Variation and Convergence as a Topic in Diaiectology and Sociolinguistics 1
4. On the Interpretive Analysis of Historical Records: Linguistic Relations in Seventeenth Century Osnabrück 11
5. A Gase of Convergence and its Interpretation: MHG î and û in the City Dialect of Constance 44
6. Sociophonology 76
7. Swiss German Dialects and Swiss Standard High German 94
8. Word Final /r/ in a Northern English Accent: An Interactional Account of Variable Production 125
9. Divergence and Convergence of Dialect and Standard from the Perspective of the Language Learner 134
10. Convergence, Discourse and Variation 157
11. Uncodified Code: A Look at Some Properties of the Dialects of Sicily and a Presentation of One Speaker 176
12. Conversational Microconvergences between Dialect and Language 195
13. Converging Divergence and Diverging Convergence: The Dialect-Language Conflict and Contrasting Evolutionary Trends in Modern Italy'' 217
14. Varieties, Variation, and Convergence in the Linguistic Repertoire of the Old Order Amish in Kent County, Delaware 260
15. Standardization Processes and Linguistic Repertoires in Africa and Europe: Some Comparative Remarks 294
16. Backmatter 322