[PDF] Languages In Contact eBook

Author : Uriel Weinreich
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 31,13 MB
Release : 2011-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027284997

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The appearance of Uriel Weinreich's Languages in Contact: Findings and Problems (1953) marked a milestone in the study of multilingualism and language contact. Yet until now, few linguists have been aware that its main themes were first laid out in Weinreich’s Columbia University doctoral dissertation of 1951, Research Problems in Bilingualism with Special Reference to Switzerland. Based on the author's fieldwork, it contains a detailed report on language contact in Switzerland in the first half of the 20th century, especially along the French-German linguistic border and between German and Romansh in the canton of Grisons (Graubünden). The present edition reproduces Weinreich's original text in full, with only minor alterations and corrections, as well as the author's fieldwork photographs and many of his hand-drawn diagrams. A new foreword reviews Weinreich's life and legacy, as well as developments in contact linguistics and the Swiss linguistic situation over the past 60 years. With selected comments on noteworthy points and references to more recent literature, this volume will be of interest not only to those working on the languages of Switzerland, or specialists in language contact, but all scholars today whose work builds on the broad and lasting foundations laid over half a century ago by Uriel Weinreich.

Author : Peter Bakker
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 24,19 MB
Release : 2013-06-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1614513716

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This volume deals with several types of contact languages: pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, and multi-ethnolects. It also approaches contact languages from two perspectives: an historical linguistic perspective, more specifically from a viewpoint of genealogical linguistics, language descent and linguistic family tree models; and a sociolinguistic perspective, identifying specific social contexts in which contact languages emerge.

Author : Uriel Weinreich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 1979-01-01
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ISBN : 9783111748894

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This remains the fundamental base for studies of multilingual communities and language shift. Weinreich laid out the concepts, principles and issues that govern empirical work in this field, and it has not been replaced by any later general treatment. Prof. Dr. William Labov, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics"

Author : Peter Siemund
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 50,44 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027219273

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This new volume on language contact and contact languages presents cutting-edge research by distinguished scholars in the field as well as by highly talented newcomers. It has two principal aims: to analyze language contact from different perspectives – notably those of language typology, diachronic linguistics, language acquisition and translation studies; and to describe, explain, and elaborate on universal constraints on language contact. The individual chapters offer systematic comparisons of a wealth of contact situations and the book as a whole makes a valuable contribution to deepening our understanding of contact-induced language change. With its broad approach, this work will be welcomed by scholars of many different persuasions.

Author : Uriel Weinreich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 16,21 MB
Release : 2010-12-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110802171

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“This remains the fundamental base for studies of multilingual communities and language shift. Weinreich laid out the concepts, principles and issues that govern empirical work in this field, and it has not been replaced by any later general treatment.” Prof. Dr. William Labov, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics

Author : Michael G. Clyne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 31,58 MB
Release : 2003-03-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521786485

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Discusses disparate findings to examine the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context.

Author : Elisabeth Delais-Roussarie
Publisher : Springer
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 45,35 MB
Release : 2015-02-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3662451689

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This volume provides new insights into various issues on prosody in contact situations, contact referring here to the L2 acquisition process as well as to situations where two language systems may co-exist. A wide array of phenomena are dealt with (prosodic description of linguistic systems in contact situations, analysis of prosodic changes, language development processes, etc.), and the results obtained may give an indication of what is more or less stable in phonological and prosodic systems. In addition, the selected papers clearly show how languages may have influenced or may have been influenced by other language varieties (in multilingual situations where different languages are in constant contact with one another, but also in the process of L2 acquisition). Unlike previous volumes on related topics, which focus in general either on L2 acquisition or on the description and analyses of different varieties of a given language, this volume considers both topics in parallel, allowing comparison and discussion of the results, which may shed new light on more far-reaching theoretical questions such as the role of markedness in prosody and the causes of prosodic changes.

Author : John Holm
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 44,87 MB
Release : 2003-12-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1139437089

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There is widespread agreement that certain non-Creole language varieties are structurally quite different from the European languages out of which they grew; however, until recently, linguists have found difficulty in accounting for either their genesis or their synchronic structure. This 2003 study argues that the transmission of source languages from native to non-native speakers led to 'partial restructuring', whereby some of the source languages' morphosyntax was retained, but a significant number of substrate and interlanguage features were also introduced. Comparing languages such as African-American English, Afrikaans and Brazilian Vernacular Portuguese, John Holm identifies the linguistic processes that lead to partial restructuring, bringing into focus a key span on the continuum of contact-induced language change which has not previously been analysed. Informed by the first systematic comparison of the social and linguistic facts in the development of these languages, this book will be welcomed by students of contact linguistics, sociolinguistics and anthropology.

Author : Mark Sebba
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 1997-05-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1349255874

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Contact Languages: Pidgins and Creoles aims to introduce the reader to the exciting and important field of pidgin and creole studies. The book deals with the linguistic, historical and social aspects of the development of pidgin and creole languages. Detailed case studies of individual pidgins and creoles are based around texts drawn from a range of different types and contexts (mainly contemporary), with discussion and grammatical notes. Chapters are interspersed with exercises to consolidate and develop the reader's understanding.