Dialects Converging
Author | : Paul Kerswill |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 1994 |
ISBN-10 | : 0198248261 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780198248262 |
Rating | : 4/5 (262 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Dialects Converging by : Paul Kerswill
Download or read book Dialects Converging written by Paul Kerswill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this case-study of the speech of rural migrants in the Norwegian city of Bergen, Paul Kerswill critically examines the usefulness of these concepts, and puts recent models of dialect contact to the test for the first time against a case of such contact as it is actually happening.