Aspects of Language Contact : New Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Findings with Special Focus on Romancisation Processes.
Title:
Aspects of Language Contact : New Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Findings with Special Focus on Romancisation Processes.
Author:
Stolz, Thomas.
ISBN:
9783110206043
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (488 pages)
Series:
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] ; v.35
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT]
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Romancisation worldwide -- Loanword typology: Steps toward a systematic cross-linguistic study of lexical borrowability -- Modelling contact-induced change in grammar -- Loan verbs in a typological perspective -- Why we need dynamic models for sociolinguistics and language contact studies -- Constructivist theory of language contact and the Romancisation of indigenous languages -- Spanish meets Guaraní, Otomí and Quichua: A multilingual confrontation -- French influence on the native languages of Canada and adjacent USA -- Portuguese influence on Kulina -- Creolization and the fate of inflections -- Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages -- Contact-induced changes in Amerindian languages of French Guiana -- A case of weak Romancisation: Italian in East Africa -- Loan word gender: A case of romancisation in Standard German and related enclave varieties -- Backmatter.
Abstract:
The series is a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. General problems are studied from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Conclusions are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. Special emphasis is given to little-known languages, whose analysis may shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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