The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay : A Case of Extreme Language Contact.
Title:
The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay : A Case of Extreme Language Contact.
Author:
Nordhoff, Sebastian.
ISBN:
9789004242258
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (312 pages)
Series:
Brill's Studies in South and Southwest Asian Languages ; v.3
Brill's Studies in South and Southwest Asian Languages
Contents:
Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- PART I. OVERVIEW -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. Synchronic grammar of Sri Lanka Malay -- PART II. SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY, AND DEMOGRAPHY -- Chapter Three. Sri Lanka Malay: new findings on contacts -- Chapter Four. Known, inferable, and discoverable in Sri Lankan Malay research -- Chapter Five. Issues of Power and Privilege in the Maintenance of Sri Lanka Malay: A Sociolinguistic Analysis -- PART III. LANGUAGE CONTACT -- Chapter Six. The Lexical Sources of Sri Lanka Malay Revisited -- Chapter Seven. Sri Lankan Languages in the South-South Asia Linguistic Area: Sinhala and Sri Lanka Malay -- Chapter Eight. Hijacked constructions in Second Language Acquisition: Implications for Sri Lanka Malay -- Chapter Nine. The Semantics of Serial Verb Constructions in Sri Lanka Malay -- Chapter Ten. The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay as a Multi-Layered Process -- Index.
Abstract:
Sri Lanka Malay shows extreme language contact: Malay phonology and lexicon are squared with clearly Indian morphosyntax and semantics. Historical, anthropological, typological and structural approaches shed light on the complex genesis and rapid evolution of this language.
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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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