1. DIALECTOLOGY.
- Author
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Sankoff, Gillian
- Subjects
DIALECTS ,LANGUAGE & languages ,DIALECT literature ,GRAMMAR ,COMPARATIVE grammar ,SOCIOLOGY ,LECTURERS ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS - Abstract
The article focuses on the fundamental principle in developments in the area of social dialectology and sociolinguistics in Canada. Dialectology has its roots in the tradition of dialect geography and linguistic atlas work well established in France and Germany. A classic review article surveyed the interinfluence of geographic and social factors in the creation and maintenance of diverse linguistic repertoires in speech communities of several kinds. Hence, social and geographic factors were shown to be interrelated in differentiating speakers. It is important to note that degrees of geographic distance in dialectology have been traditionally equated with relative lack of contact of speakers.
- Published
- 1973
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