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| Title: | Contact is not enough: A response to Trudgill |
| Author: | Janet Holmes |
| Institution: | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Author: | Paul Kerswill |
| Institution: | Lancaster University |
| Linguistic Field: | Sociolinguistics |
| Abstract: | There is much that any sociolinguist would agree with in Peter Trudgill's essay. It is written in his usual lucid style, and supported by a wealth of detail, reflecting his extensive knowledge, research, and scholarly expertise. However, it is stimulatingly provocative on the issue of why particular variants win out in dialect contact situations. Our response falls into two sections: (i) the identity issue, and (ii) the New Zealand situation. |
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This article appears in Language in Society Vol. 37, Issue 2, which you can read on Cambridge's site or on LINGUIST . |
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