Historical Sociolinguistics

7.5 credits

Reading list, Master's level, 5NS268

Main group 1

Introduction

The spread of linguistic innovations

  • Blaxter, Tom, Ther varom mid j hia: Tracing linguistic diffusion in the history of Norwegian using kernel density estimation, Part of: , vol. 27, p. 5–34Compulsory
  • Trudgill, Peter, Sociolinguistic typology and the speed of linguistic change, Part of: Journal of historical sociolinguistics, vol. 6, no. 2, 2019, p. 1–13Compulsory
  • Maegaard, Marie; m. fl., Diffusion of language change: Accomodation to a moving target, Part of: Journal of historical sociolinguistics, vol. 17, no. 1, 2013, p. 3–36Compulsory

Standard language and dialects

  • Berthele, Raphael, The selective celebration of linguistic diversity: evidence from the Swiss language policy discourse, Part of: Journal of multilingual and multicultural development, vol. 42, no. 2, 2021, p. 125–136, Link to the articleCompulsory
  • Haugen, Einar, Dialect, language, nation, Part of: American anthropologist, vol. 68, 1966, p. 922–935Compulsory
  • Elspaß, Stephan; Niehaus, Konstantin, The standardization of a modern pluriareal language: concepts and corpus designs for German and beyond, Part of: Orð og tunga, vol. 16, 2014, p. 47–67Compulsory
  • Rutten, Gijsbert; Krogull, Andreas; Schoemaker, Bob, Implementation and acceptance of national language policy: the case of Dutch (1750-1850), Part of: Language policy, vol. 19, 2020, p. 259–279, Link to the articleCompulsory

4. Literacy

5. Multilingualism and society

6. Language and community

7. Digital Humanities Research Infrastructures and Methods in Historical Sociolinguistics

* Compulsory

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