English as a contact language /

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Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of En...

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Other Authors: Schreier, Daniel, 1971- (Editor), Hundt, Marianne (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Series:Studies in English language.
Subjects:
English language > History.
English language > Variation.
English language > Standardization.
Languages in contact.
Historical linguistics.
Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: nothing but a contact language ... / Marianne Hundt and Daniel Schreier
  • 2. The role of contact in English syntactic change in the Old and Middle English periods / Olga Fischer
  • 3. Multilingualism and code-switching as mechanisms of contact-induced lexical change in late Middle English / Herbert Schendl
  • 4. The contact origins of Standard English / Laura Wright
  • 5. English as a contact language in the British Isles / Juhani Klemola
  • 6. English as a contact language in Ireland and Scotland / Raymond Hickey
  • 7. The contact dynamics of socioethnic varieties in North America / Walt Wolfram-- 8. English as a contact language: the 'New Englishes' / Edgar W. Schneider
  • 9. English as a contact language: lesser-known varieties / Daniel Schreier
  • 10. The role of mundane mobility and contact in dialect death and dialect birth / David Britain
  • 11. The diversification of English: old, new and emerging epicenters / Marianne Hundt
  • 12. Driving forces in English contact linguistics / Salikoko S. Mufwene
  • 13. Substrate influence and universals in the emergence of contact Englishes: re-evaluating the evidence / Donald Winford
  • 14. Transfer and contact in migrant and multiethnic communities: the conversational historical be + -ing present in South African Indian English / Rajend Mesthrie
  • 15. English as a contact language: the role of children and adolescents / Paul Kerswill, Jenny Cheshire, Sue Fox and Eivind Torgersen
  • 16. Innovation and contact: the role of adults (and children) / Sarah G. Thomason
  • 17. Accelerator or inhibitor? On the role of substrate influence in interlanguage development / Terence Odlin
  • 18. Speculating on the future of English as a contact language / Christian Mair.

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