1 option
Dialects converging : rural speech in urban Norway / Paul Kerswill.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kerswill, Paul.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in language contact
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Norwegian language--Dialects--Norway.
- Norwegian language.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Norwegian language--Standardization.
- Norwegian language--Dialects.
- Norway.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1994.
- Summary:
- How and why do adults modify their language when they move to a new area? In this detailed study of rural dialect users who have moved to the Norwegian city of Bergen, Kerswill throws light on this widespread phenomenon. The book is concerned with the theory of language change through language and dialect contact, and with the theory and practice of sociolinguistics. While the approach is broadly quantitative, the author shows the importance of ethnographic and social-psychological explanations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-176) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0198248261 :
- OCLC:
- 30318626
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.