Dynamics of Contact-Induced Language Change

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2012

Dynamics of Contact-Induced Language Change

Edited by: Claudine Chamoreau and Isabelle Léglise

Volume 2 in the series Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110271430

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The volume deals with previously undescribed morphosyntactic variations and changes appearing in settings involving language contact. Contact-induced changes are defined as dynamic and multiple, involving internal change as well as historical and sociolinguistic factors. A variety of explanations are identified and their relationships are analyzed. Only a multifaceted methodology enables this fine-grained approach to contact-induced change. A range of methodologies are proposed, but the chapters generally have their roots in a typological perspective. The contributors recognize the precautionary principle: for example, they emphasize the difficulty of studying languages that have not been described adequately and for which diachronic data are not extensive or reliable.
Three main perspectives on contact-induced language change are presented. The first explores the role of multilingual speakers in contact-induced language change, especially their spontaneous innovations in discourse. The second explores the differences between ordinary contact-induced change and change in endangered languages. The third discusses various aspects of the relationship between contact-induced change and internal change.

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Claudine Chamoreau and Isabelle Léglise, CNRS SEDYL-CELIA, Villejuif, France.

Reviews

"Meagre and inconclusive data are a persistent problem in contact linguistics,
which combined with the subtlety of many aspects of contact such as code
copying means that perhaps little can actually be proven to the extent of
being watertight. However, through work which teases apart the complexities of contact in particular situations, while relating these details to general
problems, we gradually move forward at least towards a fuller understanding of the forces which can play a role in these processes. This book is a valuable
contribution in that direction."
Thomas Owen-Smith in: Linguist List 24.500

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Frontmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	i
List of contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Table of contents Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
A multi-model approach to contact-induced language change Claudine Chamoreau and Isabelle Léglise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
An activity-oriented approach to contact-induced language change Yaron Matras Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Contact-induced change as an innovation Claudine Chamoreau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Language contact in language obsolescence Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
The emergence of a marked-nominative system in Tehuelche or Aonek’o ʔaʔjen: a contact-induced change? Ana Fernández Garay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
On polysemy copying and grammaticalization in language contact Bernd Heine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
The attraction of indefinite articles: on the borrowing of Spanish un in Chamorro Thomas Stolz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
On form and function in language contact: a case study from the Amazonian Vaupés region Patience Epps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
The Basque articles -a and bat and recent contact theories Julen Manterola Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
Contact phenomena/code copying in Indian Ocean Creoles: the post-abolition period Sibylle Kriegel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Grammaticalization of modal auxiliary verbs in Pima Bajo: an internal or a contact-induced change? Zarina Estrada-Fernández Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Contact, convergence, and conjunctions: a cross-linguistic study of borrowing correlations among certain kinds of discourse, phasal adverbial, and dependent clause markers Anthony P. Grant Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
On a Latin-Greek diachronic convergence: the perfects with Latin habeo/Greek échō and a participle Carla Bruno Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Author index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Language index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	384
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	390

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Students and Researchers of Contact Linguistics, Language Change, Language Typology
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 393
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 3
- Tables: 16
- Other: 1 Map
Keywords: Language Change; Language Contact; Language Typology

eBook

Published: April 26, 2012
ISBN: 9783110271430

Hardcover

Published: April 16, 2012
ISBN: 9783110271331