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Contact and complexity in English varieties: The influence of speaker numbers on syntheticity and grammaticity. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Empirical research on language complexity has shown that languages and varieties can and do differ in their complexity. One of the key triggers responsible for this observed variation is language contact as non-native acquisition.
Katharina Ehret
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Lexical transfer between languages enrichment or erosion?: A study of some Chinese dialects in Malaysia

Journal of Modern Languages, 2017
It is generally assumed that when there is contact between two societies whose members speak different languages certain linguistic and other cultural changes result, which must be attributed directly to the fact of contact.
Fook Khoon Wong
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Feature Borrowing in Language Contact

Languages, 2022
In this paper, we consider mood selection in embedded clauses by focusing on a German-based minority language, Cimbrian, which is spoken in a northern Italian enclave. Mood selection in Cimbrian relies on the presence of two different complementizers, az
Alessandra Tomaselli, Ermenegildo Bidese, Andrea Padovan   +2 more
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Another perspective on Bennett’s ‘Agreement, dependencies, and Surface Correspondence in Obolo and beyond’

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2016
Bennett (2014) presents an analysis of phonotactic restrictions on nasal consonants in Obolo [ann] within the confines of Optimality Theory (OT) and Surface Correspondence (SC).
Bruce Connell
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Pilihan dan Sikap Bahasa Masyarakat di Perbatasan Indonesia dan Timor Leste

Ranah: Jurnal Kajian Bahasa, 2020
The border community in Malacca Regency, East Nusa Tenggara consists of two groups of people, namely indigenous groups who have lived for a long time and groups of people who choose to join the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. The existence of
NFN Mukhamdanah, Retno Handayani
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Slovene-English Language Contact and Language Change

ELOPE, 2011
The paper focuses on Slovene - English language contact and the potential language change resulting from it. Both the immigrant context (the U.S. and Canada) and Slovenia, where direct and indirect language contact can be observed respectively, are ...
Nada Šabec
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Prlekija-Međimurje dialect language contact

Hrvatski Dijalektološki Zbornik, 2017
This paper presents linguistic data from the eastern part of the Slovenian-Croatian border. The paper will examine the phonology, morphology and lexica of dialects in this bordering linguistic territory, and draw a comparison of linguistic features of ...
Tjaša Jakop
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Southern Samo Language Contact

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2003
Samo, an Eastern Mande language, is insularly enclosed predominantly by Gur languages. Considering the fact that Samo has close contact with several dominant languages intense language borrowing should be likely.
Sabine Hoeth
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Language contact and language change: the Danes in England

Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 1995
The influence of the Scandinavian dialects on English has been often studied though no significant progress seems to have been achieved. The major aim of this paper is to offer a methodological approach which can provide a description of the Scandinavian
Moskowich-Spiegel Fandiño, Isabel
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INTERFERENSI BAHASA INDONESIA DALAM BAHASA ARAB: KASUS PADA KESALAHAN BERBAHASA SISWA KELAS X MAN 1 SRAGEN

ALSUNIYAT, 2020
In the process of learningnew language, language learner will experience language contact and then cause language interference. This study aims to determine (1) Forms and type of Indonesian interference found in Arabic language among class X MAN 1 Sragen;
Muna Nabila Amatullah, Lady Farah Aziza
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