Ralph Penny
List of John Benjamins publications for which Ralph Penny plays a role.
Article
2006 What did sociolinguistics ever do for language history? The contribution of sociolinguistic theory to the diachronic study of Spanish Language Variation and Change: Historical and contemporary perspectives, Mar-Molinero, Clare and Miranda Stewart (eds.), pp. 49–62 | Article
This paper discusses the role of sociolinguistics in the development of historical linguistics in general, and then examines the particular importance that sociolinguistics has for the linguistic history of Spain and Spanish America. Particular attention is given to the relevance of accommodation… read more