Concepedia

Dialect History

Dialect History is the branch of historical linguistics that investigates the temporal development and geographic diversification of language varieties, distinguished by its focus on the evolution of dialects within a particular linguistic community over time.

579

Publications

30.1K

Citations

650

Authors

211

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

25

Parents

Children

Publications

579

The Decline of the German Mandarins: The German Academic Community, 1890-1933

Félix Gilbert, Fritz K. Ringer · The American Historical Review · 1970 · 820 citations

, , +10

Mobility, Indexicality, and the Enregisterment of “Pittsburghese”

Barbara Johnstone, Jennifer Andrus, Andrew E. Danielson · Journal of English Linguistics · 2006 · 667 citations · Full text

, , +17

<b>On dialect: Social and geographical perspectives</b> . By Peter Trudgill. New York: New York University Press, 1983. Pp. viii, 240. $27.50.

Malcah Yaeger‐Dror · Language · 1986 · 607 citations

, , +12

<b>A grammar of Acehnese,</b> on the basis of a dialect of North Aceh. By Mark Durie. (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde, 112.) Dordrecht, Holland, &amp; Cinnaminson, NJ: Foris, 1985. Pp. xiv, 278. $26.50.

Sandra A. Thompson · Language · 1987 · 354 citations

, , +10

<b>American Indian languages:</b> The historical linguistics of Native America. By Lyle Campbell. New York &amp; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. Pp. xiv, 512.

Doris Bartholomew · Language · 1999 · 349 citations

, , +8

1–5 of 579

Authors

650

  1. PT
    Peter Trudgill

    University of Fribourg, Switzerland

    11 publications · 866 citations

    11

    h-index

  2. SA
    Sali A. Tagliamonte

    University of Toronto, Canada

    8 publications · 910 citations

    8

    h-index

  3. MM
    Michael Montgomery

    University of South Carolina, United States

    8 publications · 539 citations

    8

    h-index

  4. WW
    Walt Wolfram

    North Carolina State University, United States

    7 publications · 327 citations

    7

    h-index

  5. JS
    Jennifer Smith

    University of York, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 327 citations

    5

    h-index

1–5 of 650

Institutions

211

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    7 h-index

    7 publications

    372 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    160 citations

  3. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    424 citations

  4. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    244 citations

  5. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    773 citations

  6. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    180 citations

  7. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    578 citations

  8. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    206 citations

1–8 of 211

Venues

  1. Language

    47 publications · 3.9K citations

    26

    h-index

  2. American Speech

    40 publications · 1.7K citations

    25

    h-index

  3. International Journal of the Sociology of Language

    IJSL · 20 publications · 780 citations

    16

    h-index

  4. Notes and Queries

    14 publications · 639 citations

    14

    h-index

  5. Language Variation and Change

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

    13

    h-index

1–5