Taming the Vernacular by Jenny Cheshire, Dieter Stein - 9780582298095

Taming the VernacularFrom dialect to written standard language\nAuthor(s): Jenny Cheshire, Dieter Stein\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780582298095, 978-0582298095\nSynopsis\nTaming the Vernacular: From Dialect to Written Standard Language examines the differences between 'standard' and 'nonstandard' varieties of several different languages. Not only are some of the best-known languages of Europe represented here, but also some that have been less well-researched in the past. \nThe chapters address the syntax of Dutch, English, French, Finnish, Galician, German and Spanish. For these languages, and many others, it is the standard varieties on which the most extensive syntactic research has been carried out, with the result that very little is known about the syntax of their dialects or the spoken colloquial varieties. \n\nThe editors of this volume seek to redress the balance by taking a cross-linguistic perspect.