Blar i Faculty of Humanities på tidsskrift "Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics"
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From everyday speech to literary style: The decline of the distant address De in Norwegian during the twentieth century
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Change in norms for the use of address forms and change in the actual usage of these forms are an important part of the history of any language. By investigating how certain grammatical features are chosen for specific ... -
'The seas was like mountains': Intra-writer variation and social mobility in Irish emigrant letters
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This paper presents a case study based on the writing of James Horner, one of the many Irish emigrants who crossed the Atlantic between the late 1700s and early 1800s. Communication between Horner and his family back in ... -
Simplification in 43 varieties of urban Norwegian
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper investigates the linguistic outcomes of contact situations in 43 Norwegian urban towns, comparing the urban varieties’ noun systems to those of the rural dialects surrounding each town. Two questions are explored: ...