Dialect dynamics

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Dialect dynamics is a form of language dynamics in which the contact between standard language and local dialect plays a role. Such a contact situation is usually a diglossia in which the local dialect is used for informal local communication, while with outsiders and in formal situations a variety is used that is based on the standard language. This creates a regional variety of the standard language that differs from both the local dialect and the standard language.

Development of a regional language

The resulting regional variety ( regional language , compensatory language ) is often an unstable interim language , especially as long as it is mainly used as a second language . This variety shows hypercorrections , since the speakers orientate themselves on the model of the standard language without completely mastering it; at the same time, many speakers want to distance themselves from the dialect.

Changes in dialect

The local dialect is also influenced by the standard language. Here it is particularly important to borrowings from the standard language in the dialect.