Dialects Converging: Rural Speech in Urban Norway (Oxford Studies in Language Contact)

Kerswill, Paul,Kerswill, P.

ISBN 10: 0198248261 / ISBN 13: 9780198248262

Published by OUP Oxford, 1995

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dialects Converging: Rural Speech in Urban Norway (Oxford Studies in Language Contact)
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198248261
• ISBN 13: 9780198248262
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket.

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Paul Kerswill is a Lecturer in the Department of Linguistic Science at the University of Reading.