Are dialects dying?
The Five-Minute Linguist - Bite-sized Essays on Language and Languages Second Edition - E.M. Rickerson
Walt Wolfram
Description
This chapter discusses dialects and the possibility of their dying out. Thus, the chance of dissapearing of some traditional dialects is considered, as well as their replacement by new dialects. Additionally, dialects are argued to remain alive, and an important part of the regional and sociocultural landscape.