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Die Regionalsprachenforschung des Deutschen hat seit der Jahrtausendwende einen kaum für möglich gehaltenen Aufschwung erlebt. Die Forschungsaktivitäten sind als Reaktion auf den im 20. Jahrhundert stark beschleunigten Verlauf der sprachdynamischen Prozesse im Varietätenkontakt sowie im Standard-Dialekt-Gefüge verstehbar. In dem Band stellen sich größer angelegte, meist durch öffentliche Mittel finanzierte Projekte vor, die diesen Prozessen in theoretischer und methodischer Hinsicht Rechnung tragen. Sie ermöglichen faszinierende Einsichten in den aktuellen kommunikativen Alltag sowie in die Entwicklung der deutschen Sprache, die sich zunehmend aus ihrer historisch gewachsenen, sehr engen regionalen Bindung löst. Der Band bündelt diese Erkenntnisse und erlaubt durch eine einheitliche Struktur der Texte direkte Vergleiche von Zielen, Methoden und Ergebnissen der Einzelprojekte. Darüber hinaus behandeln die Autoren in weiterführenden Teilen z.B. konkrete Analysepraktiken und aus den Ergebnissen folgende theoretische und praktische Implikationen. Insgesamt stellt der Band eine aktuelle Standortbestimmung dar, die allen, die sich für die Regionalsprachenforschung des Deutschen interessieren, eine umfassende Orientierung bietet.

German language --- Dialectology --- Linguistic geography. --- Dialects. --- Variation. --- Dialect geography --- Geography, Linguistic --- Language and languages --- Language geography --- Areal linguistics --- Geography

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The Mouton World Atlas of Variation in English (WAVE) presents grammatical variation in spontaneous spoken English, mapping 235 features in 48 varieties of English (traditional dialects, high-contact mother tongue Englishes, and indiginized second-language Englishes) and 26 English-based Pidgins and Creoles in eight Anglophone world regions (Africa, Asia, Australia, British Isles, the Caribbean, North America, the Pacific, and the South Atlantic). The analyses of the 74 varieties are based on descriptive materials, naturalistic corpus data, and native speaker knowledge.

English language --- Linguistic geography. --- Dialect geography --- Geography, Linguistic --- Language and languages --- Language geography --- Areal linguistics --- Dialectology --- Variation. --- Dialects. --- Geography --- Dialects --- Linguistic geography --- Variation --- Sociolinguistics --- Germanic languages

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Romance languages --- Dialectology --- Linguistic geography --- Neo-Latin languages --- Italic languages and dialects --- Dialect geography --- Geography, Linguistic --- Language and languages --- Language geography --- Areal linguistics --- Geography

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Providing a contemporary and comprehensive look at the topical area of areal linguistics, this book looks systematically at different regions of the world whilst presenting a focussed and informed overview of the theory behind research into areal linguistics and language contact. The topicality of areal linguistics is thoroughly documented by a wealth of case studies from all major regions of the world and, with chapters from scholars with a broad spectrum of language expertise, it offers insights into the mechanisms of external language change. With no book currently like this on the market, The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics will be welcomed by students and scholars working on the history of language families, documentation and classification, and will help readers to understand the key area of areal linguistics within a broader linguistic context.

Dialectology --- Areal linguistics --- Linguistic geography --- Dialect geography --- Geography, Linguistic --- Language and languages --- Language geography --- Area linguistics --- Geolinguistics --- Linguistics --- Geography --- Géographie linguistique

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The vast territory of French Polynesia is home to seven distinct languages – Tahitian, Austral, Rapa, Mangarevan, North Marquesan, South Marquesan, and Pa’umotu – which in turn show internal variation. The fruit of ten years of joint work by two linguists of French CNRS, Jean-Michel Charpentier and Alexandre François, the Linguistic Atlas of French Polynesia pays tribute to the rich linguistic landscape of the country by documenting thoroughly twenty different communalects, in the form of 2250 maps. Organised by topics (body, life, individual and society, culture and technology, flora and fauna), these lexical maps are supplemented by explanatory notes and indexes in French, English, Tahitian. Text chapters in French and English present the social profile and the historical dynamics of the territory’s languages, which are all endangered to various extents. Published in open access, this multilingual and comparative atlas provides an essential reference to scholars and teachers alike, as well as to a broader audience keen to explore and preserve the linguistic heritage of the Pacific region. Tahitian translation is available as supplementary material on this page.

Geography --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Atlases & Maps --- Linguistic geography --- French language --- Dialect geography --- Geography, Linguistic --- Language and languages --- Language geography --- Areal linguistics --- Dialectology --- Atlas. --- Dialectology. --- French-Polynesia/Language. --- Lexicography.