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Dialect Contact and Social Networks: Language Change in an Anglophone Community in Japan - Bamberger Beitraege zur Englischen Sprachwissenschaft / Bamberg Studies in English Linguistics Keiko Hirano New edition
Dialect Contact and Social Networks: Language Change in an Anglophone Community in Japan - Bamberger Beitraege zur Englischen Sprachwissenschaft / Bamberg Studies in English Linguistics
Keiko Hirano
This longitudinal study explores an English dialect contact situation in an L2 setting - an Anglophone community in Japan. It investigates the linguistic changes induced by interaction with speakers of different dialects and reveals that speakers' interpersonal ties are important factors that influence linguistic behaviour.
314 pages, illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 24, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9783631627761 |
| Publishers | Peter Lang AG |
| Pages | 314 |
| Dimensions | 215 × 157 × 26 mm · 544 g |
| Language | English |