This book proposes to examine how the development
of the city is intrinsically connected with language interactions
and social norms. How can one account for social behaviors in
urban settings without explaining why such behaviors are
specifically urban? The studies collected here aim at expounding
how five cities – Rouen (France), Venice (Italy), Berlin
(Germany), Athens (Greece), and Mons (Belgium) – are places
of tension, conflict, and community sharing through the use
of dialectal or sociolectal language varieties.