Contact Linguistics Bilingual Encounters and Grammatical Outcomes
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2002
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780198299523
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
666 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
164 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
360
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Biographical note
Carol Myers-Scotton is a Carolina Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of South Carolina. She is a specialist in sociolinguistics and language contact phenomena with a special interest in East and Southern African linguistics. In 1993, she published two volumes on codeswitching, Social Motivations for Codeswitching: Evidence from Africa, and Duelling Languages: Grammatical Structure in Codeswitching (both OUP). She has also edited a volume of essays on language and literature (OUP 1998) and has published a number of articles in her areas of interest.
Language contact phenomena describe the linguistic varieties, or intrusions of one variety into another, that arise when speakers confront a new language. Language contact is one of the principal causes of linguistic change and diversity, and of central interest in historical, social, anthropological, and general linguistics. This book provides an account of contact outcome theories, including the author's own. It should have coursebook potential for advanced undergraduates and graduates.
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This volume provides an account of contact outcome theories, including the author's own. It should provide coursebook material for advanced undergraduates and graduates.
1. Introduction ; 2. The Roots of Language Contact ; 3. CS Models and New Developments ; 4. Considering Problematic CS Data and Other Approaches ; 5. Convergence and Attrition ; 6. Lexical Borrowing, Mixed (Split) Languages, and Creole Formation ; 7. Concluding Remarks: The Out of Sight in Contact Linguistics
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The research program pioneered by Carol Myers-Scotton plays an exceptionally important role in current linguistic scholarship... In sum, this book is not only a solid contribution to the exegesis of the Myers-Scotton research program as applied to language contact phenomena; its relevance to current work in a diversity of areas makes it highly recommended reading for anyone seriously interested in linguistics.
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A comprehensive account of what happens when languages come into contact and what this reveals about the nature of language
Written by the world's leading expert in the field
Carol Myers-Scotton is a Carolina Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of South Carolina. She is a specialist in sociolinguistics and language contact phenomena with a special interest in East and Southern African linguistics. In 1993, she published two volumes on codeswitching, Social Motivations for Codeswitching: Evidence from Africa, and Duelling Languages: Grammatical Structure in Codeswitching (both OUP). She has also edited a volume of
essays on language and literature (OUP 1998) and has published a number of articles in her areas of interest.
Les mer
A comprehensive account of what happens when languages come into contact and what this reveals about the nature of language
Written by the world's leading expert in the field
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780198299523
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
666 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
164 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
360
Forfatter