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Contact and complexity in English varieties: The influence of speaker numbers on syntheticity and grammaticity. [PDF]
PLoS ONEEmpirical 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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The Relationship of Intercultural Contact and Language Learning Motivation among Hungarian Students of English and German [PDF]
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2008 In this paper we report the results of a questionnaire survey conducted with 1777 Hungarian primary school children aged between 13 and 14 studying English and German.
Kata Csizér, Judit Kormos
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German(ic) in language contact: Grammatical and sociolinguistic dynamics [PDF]
, 2021 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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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 +2 more
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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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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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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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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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Modeling the Emergence of Contact Languages [PDF]
PLOS ONE, 2015 Contact languages are born out of the non-trivial interaction of two (or more) parent languages. Nowadays, the enhanced possibility of mobility and communication allows for a strong mixing of languages and cultures, thus raising the issue of whether there are any pure languages or cultures that are unaffected by contact with others. As with bacteria or
TRIA, FRANCESCA +3 more
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