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Directory         1.    Paul Peranteau, Dialects Across Borders: Filppula et al (Eds)


Message 1: Dialects Across Borders: Filppula et al (Eds)
Date: 30-Jan-2006
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Dialects Across Borders: Filppula et al (Eds)


Title: Dialects Across Borders Subtitle: Selected papers from the 11th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (Methods XI), Joensuu, August 2002 Series Title: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 273 Published: 2005 Publisher: John Benjamins
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Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=CILT%20273

Editor: Markku Filppula, University of Joensuu Editor: Juhani Klemola, Tampere University Editor: Marjatta Palander, University of Joensuu Editor: Esa Penttila, University of Joensuu Hardback: ISBN: 9027247870 Pages: xii, 291 Price: U.S. $ 138.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027247870 Pages: xii, 291 Price: Europe EURO 115.00
Abstract:

Nonstandard varieties of languages have recently become an object of newinterest in scholarly research. This is very much due to the advances inthe methods used in data collection and analysis, as well as the emergenceof new language-theoretical frameworks. The articles in this volume stemfrom the 11th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (MethodsXI, August 2002, Joensuu). The theme for this conference was "Dialectsacross borders". The selection of contributions included in this volumedemonstrates how various kinds of borders exert major influence onlinguistic behaviour all over the world. The articles have been groupedaccording to whether they deal primarily with the linguistic outcomes ofpolitical and historical borders between states (Part I); various kinds ofsocial and regional boundaries, including borders in a metaphorical sense,i.e. social barriers and mental or cognitive boundaries (Part II); andfinally, boundaries between languages (Part III).

Table of contents

Introduction vii-xii

PART I: Dialects across political and historical borders 1

The construction of linguistic borders and the linguistic construction ofbordersPeter Auer 3-30

Static spatial relations in German and Romance: Towards a cognitivedialectology of posture verbs and locative adverbialsRaphael Berthele 31-50

Ingressive particles across borders: Gender and discourse parallels acrossthe North AtlanticSandra Clarke and Gunnel Melchers 51-72

On the development of the consonant system in Mennonite Low German(Plautdietsch)Larissa Naiditch 73-86

English dialects in the British Isles in cross-variety perspective: Abase-line for future researchSali A. Tagliamonte, Jennifer Smith and Helen Lawrence 87-117

PART II: Dialects across social and regional borders 119

Dialects across internal frontiers: Some cognitive boundariesDennis R. Preston 121-155

On 'dative sickness' and other linguistic diseases in modern IcelandicFinnur Friðriksson 157-171

Can we find more variety in variation?Ronald K.S. Macaulay 173-184

Pronunciation of /ei/ in avant-garde Dutch: A cross-sex acoustic studyVincent J. van Heuven, Renée van Bezooijen and Loulou Edelman 185-210

A tale of two dialects: Relativization in Newcastle and SheffieldJoan C. Beal and Karen P. Corrigan 211-229

PART III: Dialects across language boundaries 231

Crossing grammatical borders: Tracing the path of contact-inducedlinguistic changeRuth King 233-251

The after-perfect in Irish EnglishPatricia Ronan 253-270

Dialect history in black and white: Are two colors enough?J.L. Dillard 271-285

Index of languages and dialects 287

Subject index 289-291

"When languages are carried across borders of various kinds - social,regional, national and multinational - they undergo surprisingaccommodations. Dialects Across Borders looks at some of the ways theyadapt through case studies from Iceland, Finland, the Netherlands, Ireland,the British Isles, the European Common Market, and North America. Together,these insightful studies bear witness to the resilience and resourcefulnessof our languages, and to the people who use them."

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories                             Sociolinguistics                             Dialectology                             Historical Linguistics
Subject Language(s): Dutch (nld)                             English (eng)                             German, Standard (deu)                             Plautdietsch (pdt)                             Icelandic (isl) Language Family(ies): Romance
Written In: English (eng )

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