A01=Randi Neteland
Author_Randi Neteland
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contact varieties
dialect
dialect change
dialect formation
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historical linguistics
historical sociolinguistics
industrialization
koine formation
language variation and change
linguistic norm
linguistic restructuring
Narvik
Norway
Norwegian
Norwegian language
Sauda
Scandinavia
Scandinavian studies
social change
sociolinguistics
sociology
speech community
standard language
Product details
- ISBN 9781498583022
- Weight: 445g
- Dimensions: 161 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 11 Oct 2019
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Massive in-migration to a new town leads to socio-cultural and linguistic contact and—inevitably--change. Which linguistic features are preferred in the new dialect? Why do these features prevail? And how does language use in the wider society influence the local process? Randi Neteland explores local and national conditions of koine formation in Koine Formation and Society, using three Norwegian industrial town dialects as main examples. The koine formation is characterized by a complex interplay between social and linguistic factors, such as in-migration rate, migrants’ social characteristics, housing conditions, social class distinctions, in-migrants’ dialect background, and linguistic distinctions among the varieties in contact. However, Neteland contextualizes the industrial towns within the larger society from which the in-migrants originate, and these case studies reveal to what extent the language use and norms for language use operating in the wider speech community can also influence the outcome of the koine formation. In Koine Formation and Society, Neteland explores how the social and linguistic factors work together and discusses determining factors and constraints on the local and national level.
Randi Neteland is a postdoctoral researcher in Nordic Languages at the University of Bergen.
