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German(ic) in language contact: Grammatical and sociolinguistic dynamics [PDF]
It is well-known that contact between speakers of different languages or varieties leads to dynamics in many respects. From a grammatical perspective, especially contact between closely related languages/varieties fosters contact-induced innovations. The
Nove, Chaya R. +9 more
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Global and local perspectives on language contact
This edited volume pays tribute to traditional and innovative language contact research, bringing together contributors with expertise on different languages examining general phenomena of language contact and specific linguistic features which arise in ...
Hennecke, Inga +15 more
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Language policy and language contact in Barcelona: a contemporary perspective. [PDF]
PhDThe present thesis provides an analysis of language policy and language contact in present-day Barcelona. On the one hand, the effectiveness of the implementation of Catalan-medium education in Catalonia will be critically evaluated.
Hawkey, James William
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The aim of the present paper is to test the claim that contact simplifies language (cf. Kusters, 2008) by comparing the domain of relative clause formation in British English, a L1 variety, and Indian English, a L2 variety.
Tamaredo, Iván
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Bilingualism and the Serbo-German Bilingual Community of Serbs in Ingolstadt
In this study we represent the bilingual language situation in the ethnolinguistic community of Serbs in Ingolstadt, recorded over the period of time from 2010 until 2013.
Julijana M. Vuletić
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Language contact in Gibraltar English: A pilot study with ICE-GBR
The variety of English used in Gibraltar has been in contact with a number of European languages, such as Spanish, Italian, Hebrew and Arabic (Moyer, 1998: 216; Suárez-Gómez, 2012: 1746), for more than 300 years.
Loureiro-Porto, Lucía +1 more
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AbstractThis chapter provides comprehensive background information about past and present language contact and contact languages in Australia. It focuses on the historical language contact and shift processes, underway since imposition of settler-colonial society from 1788, which have profoundly altered modern Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
Felicia Bisnath, Savithry Namboodiripad
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The intensity of the language contact belongs to numerous sociodemographic variables that influence the language competence of preschool children. This study aimed to examine associations between 16 variables related to the language contact and German ...
Eugen Zaretsky, Benjamin P. Lange
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Language Contact and Language Conflict: The Case of Yoruba-English Bilinguals
The complex dynamics of a language contact situation can really not be explored in just one paper. Thus, the present paper examines only an aspect of the Yoruba-English contact situation with regards to the individual personalities involved.
Dada, S. A.
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Language Contact and Bilingualism
What happens - sociologically, linguistically, educationally, politically - when more than one language is in regular use in a community? How do speakers handle these languages simultaneously, and what influence does this language contact have on the languages involved? <br><br>Although most people in the world use more than one language in
Appel, R., Muysken, P.
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