Dialect Contact and Social Networks: Language Change in an Anglophone Community in Japan

By 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631627769
• ISBN13: 9783631627761
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"