Introduction: Analysing and explaining syntactic variation / Tanya Karoli Christensen and Torben Juel Jensen -- When syntactic variables are compared / Sali Tagliamonte -- Mapping syntax and the sociolinguistic monitor / Jennifer Smith and Sophie Holmes-Elliott -- A Columbia school perspective on ex...

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Other Authors:	Christensen, Tanya 1974- (Editor), Jensen, Torben Juel 1973- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York ; Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore Cambridge University Press 2022
Series:	Studies in language variation and change
Subjects:	Soziolinguistik Sprachvariante Language and languages / Variation Grammar, Comparative and general / Syntax LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General Essays Sociolinguistics
Summary:	Introduction: Analysing and explaining syntactic variation / Tanya Karoli Christensen and Torben Juel Jensen -- When syntactic variables are compared / Sali Tagliamonte -- Mapping syntax and the sociolinguistic monitor / Jennifer Smith and Sophie Holmes-Elliott -- A Columbia school perspective on explanation in morphosyntactic variation / Ricardo Otheguy and Naomi Lapidus Shin -- On the inevitability of social meaning and ideology in accounts of syntactic change: evidence from pronoun competition in Netherlandic Dutch / Stefan Grondelaers, Paul van Gent and Roeland van Hout -- About the predictability of social stratification of syntactic variants / Leonie Cornips -- When variants lack semantic equivalence: adverbial subclause word order / Tanya Karoli Christensen and Torben Juel Jensen "What explains variation in human language? How are linguistic and social factors related? How do we examine possible semantic differences between variants? These questions and many more are explored in this volume, which examines syntactic variables in a range of languages. It brings together a team of internationally acclaimed authors to provide perspectives on how and why syntax varies between and within speakers, focusing on explaining theoretical backgrounds and methods. The analyses presented are based on a range of languages, making it possible to address the questions from a cross-linguistic perspective. All chapters demonstrate rigorous quantitative analyses, which expose the conditioning factors in language change as well as offering important insights into community and individual grammars. It is essential reading for researchers and students with an interest in language variation and change, and the theoretical framework and methods applied in the study of how and why syntax varies"--
Item Description:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:	xv, 210 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:	9781108492843