The Origins and Development of Emigrant Languages
Proceedings from the Second Rasmus Rask Colloqium, Odense University, November 1994
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Published on 1. January 1996
XI, 318 pages
978-90-272-7279-9 (ISBN)
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The Origins and Development of Emigrant Languages is the proceedings from the Second Rasmus Rask Colloquium held at Odense University, November 1994
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Content
- Intro
- The Origins and Development of Emigrant Languages
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of contents
- PREFACE
- LIST OF DELEGATES
- EMIGRANT LANGUAGES AND ACCULTURATION: THE CASE OF ANGLO-FRENCH
- 0. Introduction
- 1.0 External History of French in England
- 1.1 Language and Dialect in Post-Conquest England
- 1.2 French in Law and Management
- 2.0 Internal Evidence of the Status of French in England
- 2.1 Semantic Change
- 2.2 Features Reflecting English Interference
- 2.3 Use of English Syntactic Constructions within French Texts
- 2.4 Use of English Words within French (and Latin) Texts
- 2.5 Transformation of the English Language
- 3. Alternative Interpretations of Later Anglo-French
- 4.0 The Table Turns
- References
- LANGUAGE CONTACT AND LEXICOGRAPHY: THE CASE OF ANGLO-NORMAN
- Notes
- Bibliography
- ADDING INSULT TO INJURY:THE ENGLISH WHO CURSE IN BORROWED FRENCH
- Notes
- Bibliography
- ANGLO-FRENCH IN THE 13TH AND 14TH CENTURIES: CONTINENTAL OR INSULAR DIALECT?*
- 1. The Anglo-French corpus
- 2. The status of Anglo-French
- 3. Continental influences
- 4. British scores
- 5. Conclusion.
- Bibliography
- AFRIKAANS, A DAUGHTER OF DUTCH
- Introduction
- 1. Nasal vowels
- 1.1 Opinions
- 1.2 What is a nasal vowel?
- 1.3 Social differences
- 1.4 Discussion
- 2. 'Toe': toon versus teen
- 3.Gaan, gaat, ga 'to go'
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- ON THE INTERPLAY OF INHERITED AND NON-INHERITED FEATURES IN AFRIKAANS DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY*
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Afrikaans derivational morphology
- 3. The case of Afrikaans derivatives in -ing
- 4. Conclusion
- Note
- References
- THE ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OFEMIGRANT ENGLISHES
- 1. The expansion of the English and of the English language
- 2. Linguistic characteristics of emigrant languages
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.1.1. Innovation: phonology
- 2.1.2. Innovation: the lexicon
- 2.1.3. Loanwords
- 2.1.4. Word-formation
- 2.1.5. Meaning
- 3. Retention
- 3.1. Loss
- 3.2. Retention of pronunciation features
- 3.3. Retention of lexical items
- 4. A sketch contrasting English with other emigrant languages
- 5. Prophetolinguistics
- Notes
- References
- THE LANGUAGE OF THE ANGLO-SAXON SETTLERS
- Notes
- References
- THE FOLKEHØJSKOLESANG AS SITE FOR CONTACT BETWEEN DANISH AND AMERICAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES
- The Grundtvigian Background
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- THE ORIGIN, DEVELOPMENT AND DECLINE OF ORKNEY AND SHETLAND NORN
- 1. General outline
- 2. The origin, development and decline of Norn
- 2.1 The origin of Norn
- 2.1.1 The date of the settlement
- 2.1.2 The places of origin of the settlers
- 2.1.3 Scandinavian and the indigenous language(s)
- 2.2 The development of Norn
- 2.2.1 Runic inscriptions
- 2.2.2 Documents in the Latin alphabet
- 2.2.3 Spoken Norn
- 2.2.4 Residual sources
- 2.3 The decline and demise of Norn
- Postscript
- Bibliography
- 'THE HENPECKED FARMER': FRAGMENTS OF AN OLD JOCULAR BALLAD IN SHETLAND NORN
- The Proper Place of these Fragments in the Ballad
- The Distribution of this Ballad
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Special note
- SCANDINAVIAN LOANWORDS IN OLD ENGLISH
- 0. Introductory remarks
- 1. The sources for the Scandinavian language in England
- 1.1. Inscriptions
- 1.2. Place-names and personal names
- 1.3. Loan-words as a primary source of our knowledge of Old Norse in England
- 2. The quantity of Scandinavian loan-words in OE
- 3. Doubtful cases
- 4. Distribution
- 5. Phonological problems
- 6. Evaluating the evidence of the Scandinavian loan-words in Old English
- References
- THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRONUNCIATION OF FRENCH IN QUÉBEC
- 1. The issues
- 2. Settlement, demographic growth and sociolinguistic characteristics
- 3. Reconstruction of earlier stages: prerequisites
- 3.1 Examining all potential dialectal sources
- 3.2 Establishing a reasonable historical link
- 3.2.1 Nasal vowels
- 3.2.2 Diphthongs
- 3.2.3 Lowering of /e/ to /a/
- 3.2.4 Linguistic reconstruction
- 3.3 Distinguish linguistic components
- 3.3.1 Lexicon: borrowings or vestiges
- 3.3.2 Syntax and morphology
- 4. The origin of the pronunciation of French in Québec
- 4.1 Dialectal sources of the pronunciation of Québec French
- 4.2 Regional standards as sources of the pronunciation of Québec French?
- 5. Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- LATIN IN SPAIN: EARLY IBERO-ROMANCE
- References
- L'ESPAGNOL DU CHILI ET LATHÈSE INDIGÉNISTE DE RODOLPHE LENZ
- Introduction
- La question du substrat
- Rodolphe Lenz et l'Institut Pedagogique
- Les Espagnols
- Les peuples autochtones
- Les Araucans
- Le mapudungu
- La these indigéniste de Rodolphe Lenz
- Pour et Contre la thèse de Lenz
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliographie
