| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Hamburg studies on multilingualism,
1571-4934 ;
v. 8
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Hamburg studies on multilingualism ; v. 8.
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| Note |
Mostly based on the contributions to a symposium held in October 2007 at the Hamburg Research Centre on Multilingualism. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Divergence, convergence, contact : challenges for the genealogical classification of languages / Georg Bossong -- Increases in complexity as a result of language contact / Östen Dahl -- Converging genetically related languages : endstation code mixing? / Kurt Braunmüller -- Converging languages, diverging varieties : innovative relativisation patterns in Old Swedish / Steffen Höder -- Converging verbal phrases in related languages : a case study from Faro-Danish and Danish-German language contact situations / Karoline H. Kühl & Hjalmar P. Petersen -- Convergence and divergence of communicative norms through language contact in translation / Viktor Becher, Juliane House & Svenja Kranich -- On the importance of spontaneous speech innovations in language contact situations / Robert E. Vann -- Gradient merging of vowels in Barcelona Catalan under the influence of Spanish / Susana Cortés, Conxita Lleó & Ariadna Benet -- Comparing the representation of iambs by monolingual German, monolingual Spanish, and bilingual German-Spanish children / Javier Arias & Conxita Lleó. |
| Summary |
This book deals with the consequences of converging and diverging processes and their development in language contact situations. It provides insights into the various forms of language contact and the conditions under which bilingual speakers master their every-day life in bilingual communities. Its nine contributions cover both theoretical and typological aspects, such as the classification of languages, the role of language contact, linguistic complexity and spontaneous speech innovations, and convergence and divergence processes in translation, (morpho)syntax and phonology/phonetics. Taken. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Languages in contact -- Congresses.
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Languages in contact. |
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Bilingualism -- Congresses.
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Bilingualism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Braunmüller, Kurt, 1948-
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House, Juliane.
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Universität Hamburg. Sonderforschungsbereich Mehrsprachigkeit.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Convergence and divergence in language contact situations. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009 9789027219282 (DLC) 2009034587 (OCoLC)433550635 |
| ISBN |
9789027288820 (eb) |
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9027288828 (eb) |
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9027219281 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027219282 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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