JOURNAL ARTICLE

Merging and drifting apart. Convergence and divergence of dialects across political borders

Frans HinskensJeffrey L. KallenJohan Taeldeman

Year: 2000 Journal:   International Journal of the Sociology of Language Vol: 145 (1)Pages: 1-28   Publisher: De Gruyter

Abstract

Article Merging and drifting apart. Convergence and divergence of dialects across political borders was published on January 1, 2000 in the journal International Journal of the Sociology of Language (volume 2000, issue 145).

Keywords:
Divergence (linguistics) Politics Convergence (economics) Sociology Linguistics Economic geography Geography Political science Economics Philosophy Law Economic growth

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Citation History

Topics

Linguistic Variation and Morphology
Social Sciences →  Social Sciences →  Linguistics and Language
Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies
Social Sciences →  Social Sciences →  Linguistics and Language
Multilingual Education and Policy
Social Sciences →  Social Sciences →  Linguistics and Language

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