Dynamics of Contact-Induced Language Change
1st Edition
Published on 26. April 2012
VIII, 393 pages
978-3-11-027143-0 (ISBN)
Description
Open publication 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.
Reviews / Votes
"Meagre and inconclusive data are a persistent problem in contact linguistics,which combined with the subtlety of many aspects of contact such as codecopying means that perhaps little can actually be proven to the extent ofbeing watertight. However, through work which teases apart the complexities of contact in particular situations, while relating these details to generalproblems, 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 valuablecontribution in that direction."Thomas Owen-Smith in: Linguist List 24.500More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin/Boston
Germany
Publishing group
de Gruyter Mouton
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
1 Map, 3 s/w Abbildungen, 16 s/w Tabellen
3 b/w ill., 16 b/w tbl.1 Map
File size
2,67 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-11-027143-0 (9783110271430)
DOI
10.1515/9783110271430
Schweitzer Classification
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Claudine Chamoreau | Isabelle Léglise
Dynamics of Contact-Induced Language Change
Book
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De Gruyter Mouton
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Persons
Claudine Chamoreau and Isabelle Léglise, CNRS SEDYL-CELIA, Villejuif, France.
Content
1 - List of contributors [Seite 7]
2 - A multi-model approach to contact-induced language change [Seite 11]
3 - An activity-oriented approach to contact-induced language change [Seite 27]
4 - Contact-induced change as an innovation [Seite 63]
5 - Language contact in language obsolescence [Seite 87]
6 - The emergence of a marked-nominative system in Tehuelche or Aonek'o .a.jen: a contact-induced change? [Seite 121]
7 - On polysemy copying and grammaticalization in language contact [Seite 135]
8 - The attraction of indefinite articles: on the borrowing of Spanish un in Chamorro [Seite 177]
9 - On form and function in language contact: a case study from the Amazonian Vaupes region [Seite 205]
10 - The Basque articles -a and bat and recent contact theories [Seite 241]
11 - Contact phenomena/code copying in Indian Ocean Creoles: the post-abolition period [Seite 275]
12 - Grammaticalization of modal auxiliary verbs in Pima Bajo: an internal or a contact-induced change? [Seite 295]
13 - Contact, convergence, and conjunctions: a cross-linguistic study of borrowing correlations among certain kinds of discourse, phasal adverbial, and dependent clause markers [Seite 321]
14 - On a Latin-Greek diachronic convergence: the perfects with Latin habeo/Greek écho and a participle [Seite 369]
15 - Author index [Seite 387]
16 - Language index [Seite 394]
17 - Subject index [Seite 400]
2 - A multi-model approach to contact-induced language change [Seite 11]
3 - An activity-oriented approach to contact-induced language change [Seite 27]
4 - Contact-induced change as an innovation [Seite 63]
5 - Language contact in language obsolescence [Seite 87]
6 - The emergence of a marked-nominative system in Tehuelche or Aonek'o .a.jen: a contact-induced change? [Seite 121]
7 - On polysemy copying and grammaticalization in language contact [Seite 135]
8 - The attraction of indefinite articles: on the borrowing of Spanish un in Chamorro [Seite 177]
9 - On form and function in language contact: a case study from the Amazonian Vaupes region [Seite 205]
10 - The Basque articles -a and bat and recent contact theories [Seite 241]
11 - Contact phenomena/code copying in Indian Ocean Creoles: the post-abolition period [Seite 275]
12 - Grammaticalization of modal auxiliary verbs in Pima Bajo: an internal or a contact-induced change? [Seite 295]
13 - Contact, convergence, and conjunctions: a cross-linguistic study of borrowing correlations among certain kinds of discourse, phasal adverbial, and dependent clause markers [Seite 321]
14 - On a Latin-Greek diachronic convergence: the perfects with Latin habeo/Greek écho and a participle [Seite 369]
15 - Author index [Seite 387]
16 - Language index [Seite 394]
17 - Subject index [Seite 400]
