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  • ISBN 9783110271331
  • Weight: 718g
  • Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Apr 2012
  • Publisher: De Gruyter
  • Publication City/Country: DE
  • Product Form: Hardback
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The volume deals with previously undescribed morphosyntactic variations and changes appearing in settings involving language contact. Contact-induced changes are defined as dynamic and multiple, involving internal change as well as historical and sociolinguistic factors. A variety of explanations are identified and their relationships are analyzed. Only a multifaceted methodology enables this fine-grained approach to contact-induced change. A range of methodologies are proposed, but the chapters generally have their roots in a typological perspective. The contributors recognize the precautionary principle: for example, they emphasize the difficulty of studying languages that have not been described adequately and for which diachronic data are not extensive or reliable.
Three main perspectives on contact-induced language change are presented. The first explores the role of multilingual speakers in contact-induced language change, especially their spontaneous innovations in discourse. The second explores the differences between ordinary contact-induced change and change in endangered languages. The third discusses various aspects of the relationship between contact-induced change and internal change.
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Claudine Chamoreau and Isabelle Léglise, CNRS SEDYL-CELIA, Villejuif, France.