Contact is not enough: A response to Trudgill

2008-03-13articleLanguage in Society64 citationsclosed

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Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistic and Sociocultural Studies Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity

Abstract

There is much that any sociolinguist would agree with in Peter Trudgill's essay. It is written in his usual lucid style, and supported by a wealth of detail, reflecting his extensive knowledge, research, and scholarly expertise. However, it is stimulatingly provocative on the issue of why particular variants win out in dialect contact situations. Our response falls into two sections: (i) the identity issue, and (ii) the New Zealand situation.

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