The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics

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The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics

Editor(s): Juan Manuel Hernández-Campoy, Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre

Published Online: 20 MAR 2012 02:04AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405190688

Online ISBN: 9781118257227

DOI: 10.1002/9781118257227

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Written by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking reference work explores the nature of language change and diffusion, and paves the way for future research in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field.

  • Features 35 newly-written essays from internationally acclaimed experts that reflect the growth and vitality of the burgeoning area of historical sociolinguistics
  • Examines how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be used to reconstruct a language's past in order to explain linguistic changes and developments
  • Bridges the gap between the past and the present in linguistic studies
  • Structured thematically into sections exploring: origins and theoretical assumptions; methods for the sociolinguistic study of the history of languages; linguistic and extra-linguistic variables; historical dialectology, language contact and diffusion; and attitudes to language

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xxx)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–8)

      J. Camilo Conde-Silvestre and Juan M. Hernández-Campoy

  3. Part I: Origins and Theoretical Assumptions

    1. Chapter 1

      Diachrony vs Synchrony: The Complementary Evolution of Two (Ir)reconcilable Dimensions (pages 9–21)

      Jean Aitchison

    2. Chapter 2

      Historical Sociolinguistics: Origins, Motivations, and Paradigms (pages 22–40)

      Terttu Nevalainen and Helena Raumolin-Brunberg

    3. Chapter 3

      Social History and the Sociology of Language (pages 41–59)

      Robert McColl Millar

  4. Part II: Methods for the Sociolinguistic Study of the History of Languages

    1. Chapter 4

      The Application of the Quantitative Paradigm to Historical Sociolinguistics: Problems with the Generalizability Principle (pages 61–79)

      Juan M. Hernández-Campoy and Natalie Schilling

    2. Chapter 5

      The Uniformitarian Principle and the Risk of Anachronisms in Language and Social History (pages 80–98)

      Alexander Bergs

    3. Chapter 6

      The Use of Linguistic Corpora for the Study of Linguistic Variation and Change: Types and Computational Applications (pages 99–122)

      Pascual Cantos

    4. Chapter 7

      Editing the Medieval Manuscript in its Social Context (pages 123–139)

      Nila Vázquez and Teresa Marqués-Aguado

    5. Chapter 8

      Medical, Official, and Monastic Documents in Sociolinguistic Research (pages 140–155)

      Laura Esteban-Segura

    6. Chapter 9

      The Use of Private Letters and Diaries in Sociolinguistic Investigation (pages 156–169)

      Stephan Elspass

    7. Chapter 10

      The Use of Literary Sources in Historical Sociolinguistic Research (pages 170–190)

      K. Anipa

    8. Chapter 11

      Early Advertising and Newspapers as Sources of Sociolinguistic Investigation (pages 191–210)

      Carol Percy

  5. Part III: Linguistic and Socio-Demographic Variables

    1. Chapter 12

      Orthographic Variables (pages 211–236)

      Hanna Rutkowska and Paul Rössler

    2. Chapter 13

      Phonological Variables (pages 237–252)

      Anna Hebda

    3. Chapter 14

      Grammatical Variables (pages 253–270)

      Anita Auer and Anja Voeste

    4. Chapter 15

      Lexical-Semantic Variables (pages 271–292)

      Joachim Grzega

    5. Chapter 16

      Pragmatic Variables (pages 293–306)

      Andreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen

    6. Chapter 17

      Class, Age, and Gender-Based Patterns (pages 307–331)

      Agnieszka Kiełkiewicz-Janowiak

    7. Chapter 18

      The Role of Social Networks and Mobility in Diachronic Sociolinguistics (pages 332–352)

      Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre

    8. Chapter 19

      Race, Ethnicity, Religion, and Castes (pages 353–365)

      Rajend Mesthrie

  6. Part IV: Historical Dialectology, Language Contact, Change, and Diffusion

    1. Chapter 20

      The Teleology of Change: Functional and Non-Functional Explanations for Language Variation and Change (pages 367–386)

      Paul T. Roberge

    2. Chapter 21

      Internally- and Externally-Motivated Language Change (pages 387–407)

      Raymond Hickey

    3. Chapter 22

      Lexical Diffusion and the Regular Transmission of Language Change in its Sociohistorical Context (pages 408–426)

      Brian D. Joseph

    4. Chapter 23

      The Timing of Language Change (pages 427–450)

      Mieko Ogura

    5. Chapter 24

      Innovation Diffusion in Sociohistorical Linguistics (pages 451–464)

      David Britain

    6. Chapter 25

      Historical Dialectology: Space as a Variable in the Reconstruction of Regional Dialects (pages 465–479)

      Anneli Meurman-Solin

    7. Chapter 26

      Linguistic Atlases: Empirical Evidence for Dialect Change in the History of Languages (pages 480–500)

      Roland Kehrein

    8. Chapter 27

      Historical Sociolinguistic Reconstruction beyond Europe: Case Studies from South Asia and Fiji (pages 501–519)

      Matthew Toulmin

    9. Chapter 28

      Multilingualism, Code-Switching, and Language Contact in Historical Sociolinguistics (pages 520–533)

      Herbert Schendl

    10. Chapter 29

      The Impact of Migratory Movements on Linguistic Systems: Transplanted Speech Communities and Varieties from a Historical Sociolinguistic Perspective (pages 534–551)

      Daniel Schreier

    11. Chapter 30

      Convergence and Divergence in World Languages (pages 552–567)

      Roger Wright

  7. Part V: Attitudes to Language

    1. Chapter 31

      Sociolinguistics and Ideologies in Language History (pages 569–584)

      James Milroy

    2. Chapter 32

      Language Myths (pages 585–606)

      Richard J. Watts

    3. Chapter 33

      Linguistic Purism (pages 607–625)

      Nils Langer and Agnete Nesse

    4. Chapter 34

      The Reconstruction of Prestige Patterns in Language History (pages 626–638)

      Anni Sairio and Minna Palander-Collin

    5. Chapter 35

      Written Vernaculars in Medieval and Renaissance Times (pages 639–654)

      Catharina Peersman

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      Index (pages 655–674)

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