/ edited by Dirk Geeraerts, Gitte Kristiansen, Yves Peirsman
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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New York, N.Y. :
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: Mouton de Gruyter,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, c2010
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 321 p.
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; 24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Cognitive linguistics research
Volume Designation
; 45
GENERAL NOTES
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English
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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List of contributors -- Introduction: Advances in cognitive sociolinguistics / Dirk Geeraerts, Gitte Kristiansen and Yves Peirsman -- Part I. Lexical and lexical-semantic variation: Heterodox concept features and onomasiological heterogeneity in dialects / Dirk Geeraerts and Dirk Speelman -- Measuring and parameterizing lexical convergence and divergence between European and Brazilian Portuguese / Augusto Soares da Silva -- Awesome insights into semantic variation / Justyna A. Robinson -- Applying Word Space Models to Sociolinguistics: Religion Names Before and After 9/11 / Yves Peirsman, Kris Heylen and Dirk Geeraerts -- Part 2. Constructional variation: The English genitive alternation in a cognitive sociolinguistics perspective / Benedikt Szmrecsanyi -- (Not) acquiring grammatical gender in two varieties of Dutch / Gunther De Vogelaer -- Lectal variation in constructional semantics: 'Benefactive' ditransitives in Dutch / Timothy Colleman -- Part 3. Variation of lectal awareness and attitudes: Lectal acquisition and linguistic stereotype formation / Gitte Kristiansen -- Investigations into the folk's mental models of linguistic varieties / Raphael Berthele -- A cognitive approach to quantitative sociolinguistic variation: Evidence from TH-fronting in Central Scotland / Lynn Clark and Graeme Trousdale.