Language Standardization and Language Change describes the formation of an early standard norm at the Cape around 1900. The processes of variant reduction and s

This volume seeks to extend and expand our current understanding of the processes of language standardization, drawing on both quantitative and qualitative appr

Language Standardization and Language Change describes the formation of an early standard norm at the Cape around 1900. The processes of variant reduction and s

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 lingui

This book explores the dynamics of language changes from sociolinguistic and historical linguistic perspectives. With in-depth case studies from all around the