Title: The Continuity of Linguistic Change
Subtitle: Selected papers in honour of Juan Andrés Villena-Ponsoda
Series Title: Studies in Language Variation 31
Publication Year: 2024
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/silv.31

Editor: Matilde Vida-Castro
Editor: Antonio Manuel Ávila-Muñoz
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214485 Pages: 204 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214485 Pages: 204 Price: U.K. £ 97.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214485 Pages: 204 Price: Europe EURO 115.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027214485 Pages: 204 Price: Europe EURO 121.90
eBook: ISBN: 9789027247285 Pages: 204 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
eBook: ISBN: 9789027247285 Pages: 204 Price: U.K. £ 97.00
eBook: ISBN: 9789027247285 Pages: 204 Price: Europe EURO 115.00
Abstract:

The Continuity of Linguistic Change presents a collection of selected papers in honour of Professor Juan Andrés Villena-Ponsoda. The essays revolve around the study of linguistic variation and the mechanisms and processes associated with linguistic change, a field to which Villena-Ponsoda has dedicated so many years of research. The authors are researchers of renowned international prestige who have made significant contributions in this field. The chapters cover a range of related topics and provide modern theoretical and methodological perspectives, addressing the structural, cognitive, historical and social factors that underlie and promote linguistic change in varieties of Dutch, German, Greek, Italian, Spanish and Swedish. The reader will find contributions that explore topics such as phonology, acoustic phonetics and processes deriving from the contact between languages or linguistic varieties, specifically levelling, koineisation, standardisation and the emergence of ethnolects.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
Sociolinguistics

Written In: English (eng)