Download or read book Current Trends in Historical Sociolinguistics written by Cinzia Russi and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume collects original studies highlighting contemporary trends in historical sociolinguistics, as well as current research on the relationship between sociolinguistics and historical linguistics, social motivations of language variation and change, and corpus-based studies. Distinctive features of the book, which make it appealing to a wider audience, are the interdisciplinary nature of the chapters and the range of languages addressed.