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Dialect Contact

Dialect Contact is a sociolinguistic phenomenon denoting the interaction between geographically or socially distinct dialects, distinguished by the resulting linguistic changes, convergence, or code-switching arising from sustained speaker interaction.

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287

Languages in Contact. Findings and Problems

Ernst Pulgram, Uriel Wèinreich · Modern Language Journal · 1953 · 2.3K citations

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The Dynamics of New Englishes: From Identity Construction to Dialect Birth

Edgar W. Schneider · Language · 2003 · 1.1K citations

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Dialects in contact. By Peter Trud Gill. (Language in society. 10.) Oxford: Blackwell. 1986. Pp. viii. 174.

Ian Smith · Language · 1987 · 877 citations

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Creating a New Town koine: Children and language change in Milton Keynes

Paul Kerswill, Ann Williams · Language in Society · 2000 · 699 citations · Full text

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Koines and koineization

Jeff Siegel · Language in Society · 1985 · 381 citations

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Authors

371

  1. DB
    David Britain

    University of Essex, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 842 citations

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  2. PK
    Paul Kerswill

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. PT
    Peter Trudgill

    University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    6 publications · 529 citations

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  4. DS
    Daniel Schreier

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    5 publications · 134 citations

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  5. RW
    Robert Weibel

    University of Zurich, Switzerland

    4 publications · 112 citations

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Institutions

180

  1. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    10 h-index

    27 publications

    764 citations

  2. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    810 citations

  3. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    362 citations

  4. York University

    Toronto, Canada

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    393 citations

  5. University of Essex

    Colchester, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    717 citations

  6. University of the West of England

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    215 citations

  7. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    536 citations

  8. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    321 citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 15 publications · 663 citations

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  2. Language in Society

    13 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. Journal of Sociolinguistics

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. Language Variation and Change

    9 publications · 657 citations

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  5. Language

    9 publications · 3K citations

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