{"product_id":"the-handbook-of-historical-sociolinguistics-isbn-9781118798027","title":"The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics","description":"Written by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking reference work explores the nature of language change and diffusion, and paves the way for future research in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures 35 newly-written essays from internationally acclaimed experts that reflect the growth and vitality of the burgeoning area of historical sociolinguistics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be used to reconstruct a language's past in order to explain linguistic changes and developments\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBridges the gap between the past and the present in linguistic studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStructured thematically into sections exploring: origins and theoretical assumptions; methods for the sociolinguistic study of the history of languages; linguistic and extra-linguistic variables; historical dialectology, language contact and diffusion; and attitudes to language\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePlates x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFigures x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTables xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xxvii\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTeresa Fanego\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJ. Camilo Conde-Silvestre \u0026amp; Juan M. Hernández-Campoy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Origins and Theoretical Assumptions 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Diachrony vs Synchrony: the Complementary Evolution of Two (Ir)reconcilable Dimensions 11\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJean Aitchison\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Historical Sociolinguistics: Origins, Motivations, and Paradigms 22\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTerttu Nevalainen and Helena Raumolin-Brunberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Social History and the Sociology of Language 41\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert McColl Millar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Methods for the Sociolinguistic Study of the History of Languages 61\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Application of the Quantitative Paradigm to Historical Sociolinguistics: Problems with the Generalizability Principle 63\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJuan M. Hernández-Campoy and Natalie Schilling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Uniformitarian Principle and the Risk of Anachronisms in Language and Social History 80\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlexander Bergs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Use of Linguistic Corpora for the Study of Linguistic Variation and Change: Types and Computational Applications 99\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePascual Cantos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Editing the Medieval Manuscript in its Social Context 123\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNila Vázquez and Teresa Marqués-Aguado\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Medical, Official, and Monastic Documents in Sociolinguistic Research 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Esteban-Segura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Use of Private Letters and Diaries in Sociolinguistic Investigation 156\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephan Elspass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The Use of Literary Sources in Historical Sociolinguistic Research 170\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eK. Anipa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Early Advertising and Newspapers as Sources of Sociolinguistic Investigation 191\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarol Percy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Linguistic and Socio-demographic Variables 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Orthographic Variables 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHanna Rutkowska and Paul Rössler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Phonological Variables 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnna Hebda\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Grammatical Variables 253\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnita Auer and Anja Voeste\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Lexical-Semantic Variables 271\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoachim Grzega\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Pragmatic Variables 293\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndreas H. Jucker and Irma Taavitsainen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Class, Age, and Gender-based Patterns 307\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAgnieszka Kielkiewicz-Janowiak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 The Role of Social Networks and Mobility in Diachronic Sociolinguistics 332\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJuan Camilo Conde-Silvestre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Race, Ethnicity, Religion, and Castes 353\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRajend Mesthrie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Historical Dialectology, Language Contact, Change, and Diffusion 367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Teleology of Change: Functional and Non-Functional Explanations for Language Variation and Change 369\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePaul T. Roberge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Internally- and Externally-Motivated Language Change 387\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaymond Hickey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Lexical Diffusion and the Regular Transmission of Language Change in its Sociohistorical Context 408\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian D. Joseph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Timing of Language Change 427\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMieko Ogura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Innovation Diffusion in Sociohistorical Linguistics 451\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Britain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Historical Dialectology: Space as a Variable in the Reconstruction of Regional Dialects 465\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnneli Meurman-Solin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Linguistic Atlases: Empirical Evidence for Dialect Change in the History of Languages 480\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoland Kehrein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Historical Sociolinguistic Reconstruction Beyond Europe: Case Studies from South Asia and Fiji 501\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew Toulmin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Multilingualism, Code-switching, and Language Contact in Historical Sociolinguistics 520\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHerbert Schendl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 The Impact of Migratory Movements on Linguistic Systems: Transplanted Speech Communities and Varieties from a Historical Sociolinguistic Perspective 534\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Schreier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Convergence and Divergence in World Languages 552\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRoger Wright\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Attitudes to Language 569\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Sociolinguistics and Ideologies in Language History 571\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJames Milroy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Language Myths 585\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard J. Watts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Linguistic Purism 607\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNils Langer and Agnete Nesse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 The Reconstruction of Prestige Patterns in Language History 626\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnni Sairio and Minna Palander-Collin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Written Vernaculars in Medieval and Renaissance Times 639\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatharina Peersman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 655\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Taken as a whole, The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics offers the reader an incomparable source of state-of-the-art papers in the field, most of which were written exclusively for the present edition. I am sure it will become a required text for those delving into the discipline.”  (\u003ci\u003eJournal of Sociolinguistics\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 October 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuan Manuel Hernández-Campoy\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in Sociolinguistics at the University of Murcia, Spain, where he teaches undergraduate courses on English Sociolinguistics, Dialectology, and the History of English, as well as sociolinguistic research methods for postgraduate students. His books include \u003ci\u003eDiccionario de Sociolingüística\u003c\/i\u003e (with P. Trudgill, 2007), \u003ci\u003eMetodología de la Investigación Sociolingüística\u003c\/i\u003e (with M. Almeida, 2005), and \u003ci\u003eGeolingüística\u003c\/i\u003e (1999).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJuan Camilo Conde-Silvestre\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in English Historical Linguistics at the University of Murcia, Spain, where he teaches on the History of the English Language and Research Methods in Language Variation and Change. His books include \u003ci\u003eSociolinguistica Histórica\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eSociolinguistics and the History of English\u003c\/i\u003e (with J.M. Hernández-Campoy, 2005) and \u003ci\u003eVariation and Linguistic Change in English\u003c\/i\u003e (with J.M. Hernández-Campoy, 1999).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“In this respect, the Handbook represents both an excellent summary of the state of the art in historical sociolinguistics and a good starting point for further research.”  (\u003ci\u003eLinguistlist\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 April 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreat strides have been made in recent years in our understanding of the relationship between language and society when we introduce a consideration of its historical dimension. \u003ci\u003eThe Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics\u003c\/i\u003e reflects our current state of knowledge in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field of study. The collection represents an up-to-date, in-depth exploration of the extent to which sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be applied to the process of reconstructing a language's past in order to account for diachronic linguistic changes and developments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganized into five distinct sections, essays address various topics in origins and theoretical assumptions; methods for the sociolinguistic study of the history of languages; linguistic and extra-linguistic variables; historical dialectology, language contact and diffusion; and attitudes to language. Written by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking collection of readings provides an important contribution to linguistic theory that reflects current knowledge of the nature of language change and diffusion while paving the way for future research. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990249816293,"sku":"NP9781118798027","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118798027.jpg?v=1761787062","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-handbook-of-historical-sociolinguistics-isbn-9781118798027","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}