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The Handbook of Dialectology provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area.

  • The volume is based on state-of-the-art research in dialectology around the world, providing the most current work available with an unusually broad scope of topics
  • Provides a practical guide to the many methodological and statistical issues surrounding the collection and analysis of dialect data
  • Offers summaries of dialect variation in the world's most widely spoken and commonly studied languages, including several non-European languages that have traditionally received less attention in general discussions of dialectology
  • Reviews the intellectual development of the field, including its main theoretical schools of thought and research traditions, both academic and applied
  • The editors are well known and highly respected, with a deep knowledge of this vast field of inquiry

The Handbook of Dialectology

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 10/09/2020
    ISBN13: 9781119361244, 978-1119361244
    ISBN10: 1119361249

    Number of Pages: 608

    Non Fiction , Dictionaries, Reference & Language

    Description

    The Handbook of Dialectology provides an authoritative, up-to-date and unusually broad account of the study of dialect, in one volume. Each chapter reviews essential research, and offers a critical discussion of the past, present and future development of the area.

    • The volume is based on state-of-the-art research in dialectology around the world, providing the most current work available with an unusually broad scope of topics
    • Provides a practical guide to the many methodological and statistical issues surrounding the collection and analysis of dialect data
    • Offers summaries of dialect variation in the world's most widely spoken and commonly studied languages, including several non-European languages that have traditionally received less attention in general discussions of dialectology
    • Reviews the intellectual development of the field, including its main theoretical schools of thought and research traditions, both academic and applied
    • The editors are well known and highly respected, with a deep knowledge of this vast field of inquiry

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