A corpus-driven approach to language contact : endangered languages in a comparative perspective / Evangelia Adamou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adamou, Evangelia, author.

Series:

Language contact and bilingualism ; Volume 12.

Language Contact and Bilingualism, 2190-698X ; Volume 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endangered languages--Cross-cultural studies.

Endangered languages.

Languages in contact--Cross-cultural studie.

Languages in contact.

Linguistic change--Cross-cultural studies.

Linguistic change.

Comparative linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, [Massachusetts] ; Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book proposes a corpus-driven approach to language contact based on the study of endangered languages. Drawing on variationist and language contact frameworks, it presents an analysis of spoken corpora from Europe and Mexico using a combination of criteria. The aim of this approach is to establish patterns of multilingual speech prevailing in different communities and allow for crosslinguistic comparison.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Table of contents

List of figures

List of tables

Abbreviations

1. Introduction

2. Data collection and annotation

3. Overall composition of a multilingual corpus

4. Borrowing or codeswitching?

5. Integration strategies

6. Inter-speaker variation

7. Pattern replication

8. Information structure

9. Contact settings

10. Concluding remarks

References

Index of authors

Index of subjects and languages

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781614516576

161451657X

9781501500657

1501500651

OCLC:

935640162