Migration, Accommodation and Language Change

This work marries qualitative ethnographic methods to quantitative acoustic methods. The analysis describes how internal and external factors in phonological change differ and demonstrates how these two forces interact to structure the phonological systems of Appalachian and African American Southern Migrant speakers in the Detroit, Michigan area.

Publication Year: 2008
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: H
Weight (Gram): 400