Studies in Area Linguistics
A broad survey of the techniques and results of research in linguistic geography, Studies in Area Linguistics presents in condensed form the major aspects of linguistic area studies in the Western world. It discusses the use of "indicative" heteroglosses, the modification of transplanted l...
Saved in:
| : | |
|---|---|
| Place / Publishing House: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, [1972] ©[1972] |
| Year of Publication: | 1972 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Indiana University studies in the history and theory of linguistics
|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 202 pages) :; maps). |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- From sampling to publication
- From heterogloss to dialect boundary
- Sociocultural background of dialect areas in American English
- The adoption of foreign words in American English
- The historical relation of American English to British English
- The patterning of dialect areas
- Transplanted languages
- Diffusion
- The adaptation of foreign elements
- The social dimension in area linguistics.