Dynamics of Language Contact
Dynamics of Language Contact
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USDWritten by an expert in the field, this study examines the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context. Michael Clyne discusses the dynamics of contact with English using data from a wide range of languages, including German, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Vietnamese. Clyne analyzes how and why these languages change in a country with many immigrants such as Australia, as well as why some languages survive longer than others.
- Combines linguistic, sociolinguistic and psycholinguistic dimensions
- Deals comparatively with typologically different languages in contact with the same language in bi- and trilinguals in the same country
- Deals comparatively with languages of different communities shifting at different rates to the same language in the same country
Reviews & endorsements
"This fascinating and rewarding volume is exactly the kind of book on language contact that one would expect Michael Clyne to write."
-Anthony P. Grant, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Ormskirk, United Kingdom, Anthropological Linguistics
"Clyne's discussion of various models and his terminological framework is an excellent introduction to the study of language contact. The tables throughout the book provide helpful summaries of the data."
-Mary Ruth Wise, SIL International
Product details
April 2003Paperback
9780521786485
300 pages
228 × 151 × 17 mm
0.455kg
3 b/w illus. 1 map 35 tables
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Table of Contents
- List of map and figures
- List of tables
- Series editor's foreword
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Dynamics of language shift
- 3. On models and terms
- 4. Dynamics of convergence and transference
- 5. Dynamics of transversion
- 6. Dynamics of plurilingual processing
- 7. Dynamics of cultural values in contact discourse
- 8. Towards a synthesis
- Notes
- References
- Index of authors
- Index of languages
- Index of subjects.
