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Dynamics of Contact-Induced Language Change

by Claudine Chamoreau , Isabelle Léglise
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9783110271331
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
  • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter Mouton
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 401
  • Original Price: GBP 141.5
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 740 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Linguistics / Historical & Comparative

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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.

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

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