Perspectives On Variation
Subtitle: Sociolinguistic, Historical, Comparative (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs)
Contributors: Nicole Delbecque (Editor); Johan Van Der Auwera (Editor); Dirk Geeraerts (Editor)
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: April 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9783110182842
Subjects: Language & Linguistics; Language teaching & learning material & coursework; Language and languages; Language; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Linguistics; Engineering - Mechanical; Variation
First sentence: At first sight, the diversity of the dialect-standard constellations found in Europe is enormous and seems to defy any attempt to find a common denominator.