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Diachronic Dialectology

New Methods and Case Studies in Medieval Norwegian

Tamsin S T Blaxter author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:4th Feb '22

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This book presents the use of kernelsmoothing, a family of methods adapted from fields such as signal processing, as a way to identify the true spatial distribution of linguistic forms at particular points in time. 

  • Discusses the use of kernel smoothing in historical dialectology and new approaches to parameter setting
  • Presents a series of case studies from the history of Norwegian language
  • Investigates some of the major phonological and morphosyntactic shifts which transformed the language from Old Norwegian through Middle to early Modern Norwegian
  • Demonstrates how the kernel smoothing method allows us to see how these changes spread from place to place, and these findings are used to throw light on a number of more general research questions of interest to an audience beyond Scandinavianists
  • A step-by-step guide to kernel smoothing is offered, so that non-experts can apply the approach to their own data
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ISBN: 9781119858973

Dimensions: 230mm x 154mm x 14mm

Weight: 454g

272 pages