Dialect Contact and Social Networks : Language Change in an Anglophone Community in Japan
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by
Keiko Hirano
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Bamberger Beitraege zur Englischen Sprachwissenschaft / Bamberg Studies in English Linguistics
ISBN-10
3631627769
ISBN-13
9783631627761
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 24th, 2013
Print length
314 Pages
Weight
544 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 21.50 x 2.60 cms
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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.
This book explores a dialect contact situation in a second language setting native speakers of English coming to Japan from different parts of the world as English teachers. It focuses on an Anglophone community in which speakers are socially and geographically mobile and have loose-knit networks with speakers of different languages and dialects. This longitudinal sociolinguistic study aims to investigate the relatively short-term linguistic changes induced by frequent face-to-face interaction with speakers of different dialects and to illustrate the impact of social network effects. Statistical analyses reveal that the individual speakers interpersonal ties are important factors that influence the linguistic behaviour of the speakers in a dialect contact situation in an L2 setting.
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