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Language change for the worse [PDF]

Many theories hold that language change, at least on a local level, is driven by a need for improvement. The present volume explores to what extent this assumption holds true, and whether there is a particular type of language change that we dub language
Schaden, Gerhard, Hyman, Larry M.; University of California, Berkeley, Elsweiler, Christine, Hölzl, Andreas, Faytak, Matthew, Hölzl, Andreas; University of Potsdam, Lapierre, Myriam, Weber, Thilo; Leibniz Institute for the German Language, Seiler, Guido; University of Zurich, Matoshi, Veton, Enke, Dankmar W.; LMU Munich, Nichols, Johanna; University of California, Berkeley, Deo, Ashwini, Huber, Judith, Reiner, Tabea, Jäger, Gerhard, Mühlenbernd, Roland   +16 more
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Third language acquisition: Age, proficiency and multilingualism [PDF]

, 2020
This book deals with the phenomenon of third language (L3) acquisition. As a research field, L3 acquisition is established as a branch of multilingualism that is concerned with how multilinguals learn additional languages and the role that their ...
Gudmundson, Anna, Sleeman, Petra, Sánchez, Laura, Sciutti, Sandro, Bardel, Camilla, Salaberry, Rafael, Muñoz, Carmen, Stadt, Rosalinde, Pfenninger, Simone E., Hulk, Aafke   +9 more
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Grammatical systems without language borders: Lessons from free-range language

, 2023
Current research in grammatical analysis and sociolinguistics points to two core characteristics of language that seem incommensurable at first sight: (1) research on linguistic structure indicates internal organisation and coherence, and the workings ...
Wiese, Heike
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Interpreting language-learning data [PDF]

, 2020
This book provides a forum for methodological discussions emanating from researchers engaged in studying how individuals acquire an additional language.
Gudmestad, Aarnes; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Huang, Xiaoliang; Beijing Foreign Studies University, Leclercq, Pascale; Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Trévisiol, Pascale; Université Paris 3 & DILTEC EA 2288, Watorek, Marzena; Université Paris 8 & UMR-SFL, CNRS, Scheuer, Sylwia; University of Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle, Horgues, Céline; University of Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle, Majdoub, Hedi; Université Paris 8 & UMR-SFL, CNRS, Yu, Xinyue Cécilia; Inalco - CNRS - EHESS, CRLAO, Pélissier, Maud; University of Agder, Rast, Rebekah; American University of Paris & UMR-SFL, CNRS, Søfteland, Åshild; Østfold University College, Guan, Qianwen; City University of Hong Kong, Emilsen, Linda Evenstad; Østfold University College, Hilton, Heather E.; Université Lumière Lyon 2, Edmonds, Amanda, Leclercq, Pascale, Osborne, John; Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Gudmestad, Aarnes   +18 more
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Dynamics of the number of Chuvash speakers on the basis of the 2002–2021 Russian population censuses

Этническая культура, 2023
The situation of the Chuvash language in the Russian Federation is presented in the light of the 2020 population census. The aim of the study is to understand whether the tempos of the language shift have changed compared to the previous decade.
Ektor Alos-i-Font
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The Maori language in New Zealand: a case study of language shift [PDF]

, 1983
This thesis examines the language shift that has occurred among the Maori people of New Zealand. The displacement of the Maori language by English is described in terms of current theories of language loss involving factors such as bilingualism and ...
Love, Patricia A.
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Contact-induced disturbances in personal pronoun systems in the Chadic – Benue-Congo convergence zone in Central Nigeria

Afrika und Übersee, 2020
The paper looks at personal pronoun systems in languages of the convergence zone on both sides of the borderline between Benue-Congo and Chadic. Focus is on inventories and systems, meaning the overall interrelationship of pronoun shapes across the ...
H. Ekkehard Wolff
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Complexity and Simplification in Language Shift

Frontiers in Communication, 2021
This paper examines the question of linguistic complexity in two shift ecologies in northeastern Russia. It is frequently claimed that language shift results in linguistic simplification across a range of domains in the grammars of shifting speakers ...
Jessica Kantarovich, Jessica Kantarovich, Lenore A. Grenoble, Lenore A. Grenoble, Antonina Vinokurova, Elena Nesterova   +5 more
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Language shift

, 2023
Language shift has always existed. Conquests were the first historically attested cause of language shifts, then migrations prompted these types of changes, and today it is mainly language diffusion that triggers this language contact phenomenon. There are some promoting and/or impeding factors for shift, but not a single condition evokes the same ...
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Literary Bilingualism: Past and Present

Polylinguality and Transcultural Practices, 2018
The paperdeals with some aspects related to the history and present state of bilingualism as the phenomenon of literary creation. Nowadays it is often connected with the process of globalization.
Georgiy Teimurazovich Khukhuni
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