ISBN:
1282558641
,
9789027218674
,
9789027288431
,
9781282558649
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 225 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Impact 28
Parallel Title:
Print version Language Contact
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Languages, Mixed
;
Languages in contact
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Sprachkontakt
Abstract:
Selection of papers presented at the 'Language Contact in Times of Globalization' conference, held at the University of Groningen, September 28 - 30, 2006
Abstract:
The study of languages in contact is an ever-relevant topic in linguistics, especially at present times when increasing globalization leads to a number of new contact situations. This volume features ten papers on various aspects of language contact by leading specialists in the field. In these papers, contact-induced change in a wide variety of languages is approached from various perspectives, reflecting the current state of affairs in language contact studies. The first main theme in the volume is related to the linguistic effects of migration, both in the present and in the past, and both
Description / Table of Contents:
Language Contact; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Ethnolects as a multidimensional phenomenon; Applying language technology to detect shift effects; Generational differences in pronominal usage in Spanish reflecting language and dialect contact in a bilingual setting; Personal pronoun variation in language contact; Turkish in the Netherlands; The reflection of historical language contact in present-day Dutch and Swedish; The impact of German on Schleife Sorbian; Detecting contact effects in pronunciation
Description / Table of Contents:
Language contact and phonological contrastTranslating cultures within the EU; Name index; Subject index; The series IMPACT: Studies in language and society;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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