[lg policy] book notice: The Dialect Laboratory: Dialects as a testing ground for theories of language change

[Harold Schiffman]

The Dialect Laboratory: Dialects as a testing ground for theories of
language change

Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series 128
Published: 2012
Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/slcs.128

Editor: Gunther De Vogelaer
Editor: Guido Seiler

Abstract:

Much theorizing in language change research is made without taking
into account dialect data. Yet, dialects seem to be superior data to
build a theory of linguistic change on, since dialects are relatively
free of standardization and therefore more tolerant of variant
competition in grammar. In addition, as compared to most
cross-linguistic and diachronic data, dialect data are unusually high
in resolution. This book shows that the study of dialect variation has
indeed the potential, perhaps even the duty, to play a central role in
the process of finding answers to fundamental questions of theoretical
historical linguistics. It includes contributions which relate a
clearly formulated theoretical question of historical linguistic
interest with a well-defined, solid empirical base.

The volume discusses phenomena from different domains of grammar
(phonology, morphology and syntax) and a wide variety of languages and
language varieties in the light of several current theoretical
frameworks.

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