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Record Nr.

UNINA9910524855603321

Autore

Kurath Hans <1891-1992.>

Titolo

Studies in Area Linguistics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, [1972]

©[1972]

ISBN

0-253-04932-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource xii, 202 pages) : maps)

Collana

Indiana University studies in the history and theory of linguistics

Soggetti

Dialectologie

Sprachkontakt

Phonologie

Sprachgeografie

Methode

Linguistik

Dialektgeografie

Linguistic change

English language - Foreign elements

English language - Dialects

Dialectology

Areal linguistics

Changement linguistique

Anglais (Langue) aux Etats-Unis - Elements etrangers

Anglais (Langue) aux Etats-Unis - Dialectes

English language - Dialects - United States

Electronic books.

Amerikanisches Englisch

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.