Code-Switching
Unifying Contemporary and Historical Perspectives
1st Edition
Published on 3. January 2020
XI, 94 pages
978-3-030-34667-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book systematically discusses the link between bilingual language production and its manifestation in historical documents, drawing together two branches of linguistics which have much in common but are traditionally dealt with separately. By combining the study of historical mixed texts with the principles of modern code-switching and bilingualism research, the author argues that the cognitive processes underpinning the human capacity to produce mixed utterances have remained unchanged throughout history, even as the languages themselves are constantly changing. This book will be of interest to scholars of historical linguistics, syntactic theory (particularly generative grammar), language variation and change.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cham
Switzerland
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
XI, 94 p. 7 illus.
File size
1,70 MB
ISBN-13
978-3-030-34667-6 (9783030346676)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-34667-6
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2020
Palgrave Pivot
€58.84
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Person
Mareike L. Keller is Junior Lecturer at Mannheim University, Germany. Her research focuses on historical bilingualism and code-switching patterns.
Content
Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Understanding the Grammar of Mixed Language.- Chapter 3: Early English Code-Switching.- Chapter 4: Code-Switching Across Time and Space.
