Social And Structural Aspects Of Language Contact And Change
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Social and structural aspects of language contact and change
Author | : Bettina Migge,Shelome Gooden |
Publsiher | : Language Science Press |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2022-10-20 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9783961103478 |
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This book brings together papers that discuss social and structural aspects of language contact and language change. Several papers look at the relevance of historical documents to determine the linguistic nature of early contact varieties, while others investigate the specific processes of contact-induced change that were involved in the emergence and development of these languages. A third set of papers look at how new datasets and greater sensitivity to social issues can help to (re)assess persistent theoretical and empirical questions as well as help to open up new avenues of research. In particular they highlight the heterogeneity of contemporary language practices and attitudes often obscured in sociolinguistic research. The contributions all focus on language variation and change but investigate it from a variety of disciplinary and empirical perspectives and cover a range of linguistic contexts.
Social and structural aspects of language contact and change
Author | : Bettina Migge,Shelome Gooden |
Publsiher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2022-09-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9783985540440 |
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This book brings together papers that discuss social and structural aspects of language contact and language change. Several papers look at the relevance of historical documents to determine the linguistic nature of early contact varieties, while others investigate the specific processes of contact-induced change that were involved in the emergence and development of these languages. A third set of papers look at how new datasets and greater sensitivity to social issues can help to (re)assess persistent theoretical and empirical questions as well as help to open up new avenues of research. In particular they highlight the heterogeneity of contemporary language practices and attitudes often obscured in sociolinguistic research. The contributions all focus on language variation and change but investigate it from a variety of disciplinary and empirical perspectives and cover a range of linguistic contexts.
The Cambridge Handbook of Endangered Languages
Author | : Peter K. Austin,Julia Sallabank |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 581 |
Release | : 2011-03-24 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781139500838 |
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It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This state-of-the-art Handbook examines the reasons behind this dramatic loss of linguistic diversity, why it matters, and what can be done to document and support endangered languages. The volume is relevant not only to researchers in language endangerment, language shift and language death, but to anyone interested in the languages and cultures of the world. It is accessible both to specialists and non-specialists: researchers will find cutting-edge contributions from acknowledged experts in their fields, while students, activists and other interested readers will find a wealth of readable yet thorough and up-to-date information.
Language Contact
Author | : Yaron Matras |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2009-09-10 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781139480529 |
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Most societies in today's world are multilingual. 'Language contact' occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence each other. This book is an introduction to the subject, covering individual and societal multilingualism, the acquisition of two or more languages from birth, second language acquisition in adulthood, language change, linguistic typology, language processing and the structure of the language faculty. It explains the effects of multilingualism on society and language policy, as well as the consequences that long-term bilingualism within communities can have for the structure of languages. Drawing on the author's own first-hand observations of child and adult bilingualism, the book provides a clear analysis of such phenomena as language convergence, grammatical borrowing, and mixed languages.
The Handbook of Language Contact
Author | : Raymond Hickey |
Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 901 |
Release | : 2013-04-24 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781118448694 |
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The Handbook of Language Contact offers systematic coverage of the major issues in this field – ranging from the value of contact explanations in linguistics, to the impact of immigration, to dialectology – combining new research from a team of globally renowned scholars, with case studies of numerous languages. An authoritative reference work exploring the major issues in the field of language contact: the study of how language changes when speakers of distinct speech varieties interact Brings together 40 specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars Examines language contact in societies which have significant immigration populations, and includes a fascinating cross-section of case studies drawing on languages across the world Accessibly structured into sections exploring the place of contact studies within linguistics as a whole; the value of contact studies for research into language change; and language contact in the context of work on language and society Explores a broad range of topics, making it an excellent resource for both faculty and students across a variety of fields within linguistics
Language Contact
Author | : Sarah Grey Thomason |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : UOM:39015053389337 |
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The ideal introduction to language contact for students at all levels. It has been accessibly written by a leading expert in the field.
Language Contact Creolization and Genetic Linguistics
Author | : Sarah Grey Thomason,Terrence Kaufman |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 2023-11-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0520912799 |
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Ten years of research back up the bold new theory advanced by authors Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change from the neglect it has suffered in recent decades. The authors establish an important new framework for the historical analysis of all degrees of contact-induced language change.
Constructions in Contact 2
Author | : Hans C. Boas,Steffen Höder |
Publsiher | : John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 447 |
Release | : 2021-06-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027259974 |
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The last few years have seen a steadily increasing interest in constructional approaches to language contact. This volume builds on previous constructionist work, in particular Diasystematic Construction Grammar (DCxG) and the volume Constructions in Contact (2018) and extends its methodology and insights in three major ways. First, it presents new constructional research on a wide range of language contact scenarios including Afrikaans, American Sign Language, English, French, Malayalam, Norwegian, Spanish, Welsh, as well as contact scenarios that involve typologically different languages. Second, it also addresses other types of scenarios that do not fall into the classic language contact category, such as multilingual practices and language acquisition as emerging multilingualism. Third, it aims to integrate constructionist views on language contact and multilingualism with other approaches that focus on structural, social, and cognitive aspects. The volume demonstrates that Construction Grammar is a framework particularly well suited for analyzing a wide variety of language contact phenomena from a usage-based perspective.