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1. Historical sociolinguistics: the field and its future.

Author

Auer, Anita, Peersman, Catharina, Pickl, Simon, Rutten, Gijsbert, and Vosters, Rik

Abstract

This article introduces the new Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics by situating it in the developing field of historical sociolinguistics. The landmark paper of Weinreich et al. (1968), which paid increased attention to extralinguistic factors in the explanation of language variation and change, served as an important basis for the gradual development and expansion of historical sociolinguistics as a separate (sub)field of inquiry, notably since the influential work of Romaine (1982). This article traces the development of the field of historical sociolinguistics and considers some of its basic principles and assumptions, including the uniformitarian principle and the so-called bad data problem. Also, an overview is provided of some of the directions recent research has taken, both in terms of the different types of data used, and in terms of important approaches, themes and topics that are relevant to many studies within the field. The article concludes with considerations of the necessarily multidisciplinary nature of historical sociolinguistics, and invites authors from various research traditions to submit original research articles to the journal, and thus help to further the development of the fascinating field of historical sociolinguistics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2015
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2. Varieties of Post-classical and Byzantine Greek

Author

Klaas Bentein and Mark Janse

Subjects
History, Point (typography), Language change, linguistics, language change, Post-classical Greek, Ancient Greek, Languages and Literatures, language variation, language.human_language, Linguistics, Byzantine Greek, Greek language, Scholarship, historical linguistics, Variation (linguistics), language, Historical linguistics, Medieval Greek, socio-historical linguistics, Greek, Byzantine architecture
Abstract

Linguistic varieties such as female speech, foreigner talk, and colloquial language have not gone unnoticed when it comes to Classical Greek, but little is known about later periods of the Greek language. In this collective volume leading experts in the field outline some of the most important varieties of Post-classical and Byzantine Greek, basing themselves on a broad range of literary and documentary sources, and advancing a number of innovative methodologies. Close attention is paid to the linguistic features that characterize these varieties, with in-depth discussions of lexical, morpho-syntactic, orthographic, and metrical variation, as well as the interrelationship between these different types of variation. The volume thus offers valuable insights into the nature of Post-classical and Byzantine Greek, laying the foundation for future studies of linguistic variation in these later stages of the language, while at the same time providing a point of comparison for Classical Greek scholarship.

Published
2020
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