Meaning of advergence | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The evolution of a mimic to resemble its model more closely.
   uncountable
2. The evolution of a dialect to resemble the standard language more closely.
   uncountable

Examples

“The main process in regiolect formation is dialect-to-standard advergence, but there are two caveats to this statement.”

“Horizontal convergence that causes divergence in a part of a formerly uniform dialect area can be, and often is, accompanied by vertical convergence, i.e., by advergence to the standard language.”

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