Format:
Online-Ressource (1 online resource (300 p.))
,
digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9780511606526
Series Statement:
Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
Content:
The past decade has seen an unprecedented growth in the study of language contact, associated partly with the linguistic effects of globalization and increased migration all over the world. Written by a leading expert in the field, this much-needed account brings together disparate findings to examine the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context. Using data from a wide range of languages, including German, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Vietnamese, Michael Clyne discusses the dynamics of their contact with English. Clyne analyzes how and why these languages change in an immigration country like Australia, and asks why some languages survive longer than others. The book contains useful comparisons between immigrant vintages, generations, and between bilinguals and trilinguals. An outstanding contribution to the study of language contact, this book will be welcomed by students and researchers in linguistics, bilingualism, the sociology of language and education
Content:
Dynamics of language shift -- On models and terms -- Dynamics of convergence and transference -- Dynamics of transversion -- Dynamics of plurilingual processing -- Dynamics of cultural values in contact discourse -- Towards a synthesis
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521781367
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521786485
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. ISBN 978-052-178-136-7
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780521781367
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511606526
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Author information:
Clyne, Michael G. 1939-2010
