Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Variation and Convergence as a Topic in Diaiectology and Sociolinguistics / Auer, Peter / Di Luzio, Aldo -- On the Interpretive Analysis of Historical Records: Linguistic Relations in Seventeenth Century Osnabrück / Maas, Utz -- A Gase of Convergence and its Interpretation: MHG î and û in the City Dialect of Constance / Auer, Peter -- Sociophonology / Moosmüller, Sylvia -- Swiss German Dialects and Swiss Standard High German / Wehlen, Iwar -- Word Final /r/ in a Northern English Accent: An Interactional Account of Variable Production / French, J. Peter -- Divergence and Convergence of Dialect and Standard from the Perspective of the Language Learner / Stern, Otto -- Convergence, Discourse and Variation / Dittmar, Norbert / Schlobinski, Peter -- Uncodified Code: A Look at Some Properties of the Dialects of Sicily and a Presentation of One Speaker / Müller, Frank -- Conversational Microconvergences between Dialect and Language / Sobrero, Alberto A. -- Converging Divergence and Diverging Convergence: The Dialect-Language Conflict and Contrasting Evolutionary Trends in Modern Italy'' / Trumper, John / Maddalon, Marta -- Varieties, Variation, and Convergence in the Linguistic Repertoire of the Old Order Amish in Kent County, Delaware / Enninger, Werner / Raith, Joachim -- Standardization Processes and Linguistic Repertoires in Africa and Europe: Some Comparative Remarks / Mioni, Alberto M. -- Backmatterweiterlesen