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2. Pre-Proto-Aymaran Affricates and the Initial Quechuan-Aymaran Contact.
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Halm, Robert
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LOANWORDS , *GLOTTALIZATION , *LANGUAGE contact , *ETYMOLOGY , *STATISTICAL significance - Abstract
Emlen (2017) advances our understanding of Proto-Quechuan, Proto-Aymaran, and their initial linguistic contact. We take as our point of departure phonological patterns of Proto-Aymaran and pre-Proto-Aymaran, some already observed by Emlen and some unmentioned but present with high statistical significance in his data, pertaining to affricate consonants. These patterns indicate that the first lexical borrowings into Aymaran from Quechuan, as well as a subsequent series of reconstructable sound changes, predate the stage of Proto-Aymaran proper. Results of these diachronic developments include the introduction of the place contrast *č ≠ *ĉ, the loss of the aspiration contrast for the affricate(s), and the conditioned application of contrastive glottalization to the affricates. This hypothesis has implications for Quechuan and Aymaran etymology and the internal linguistic histories of both families, including Torero's (1964) problematic observation regarding glottalization as a reflex of retroflection in Cuzco-Bolivian Quechua. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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3. Morphosyntactic retention and innovation in Sheng, a youth language or stylect of Kenya.
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Gibson, Hannah, Githiora, Chege, Kanana Erastus, Fridah, and Marten, Lutz
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AFRICAN languages , *BANTU languages , *LINGUISTIC change , *LANGUAGE contact , *CREATIVITY (Linguistics) , *URBAN youth - Abstract
This paper examines the morphosyntax of the East African Swahili-based urban youth language or stylect Sheng. Research on urban youth languages has often focused on these varieties as sites of rapid change and linguistic creativity. However, we show that many of the structural features which appear to make Sheng stand out when compared to (Standard) Swahili are widespread across East African Bantu languages. We examine nominal and verbal domains, as well as clausal syntax, and highlight areas in which Sheng exhibits features in common with its contact languages, as well as features which appear to reflect instances of independent innovation. The study shows that Sheng is not a "simplified" version of Swahili which deviates from the grammar of Swahili in a range of ad hoc ways. Rather, the language exhibits features of retention and contact-induced borrowing, as well as systematic changes which are reflective of variation across the Bantu languages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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4. Do languages spoken in multilingual communities converge? A case study of reflexivity marking in Mano and Kpelle.
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Khachaturyan, Maria, Moroz, George, and Mamy, Pe
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VARIATION in language , *LINGUISTIC change , *SPEECH , *SOCIOCULTURAL factors , *REFLEXIVITY - Abstract
This paper explores variation in the patterns of reflexivity marking in the Mano language and possible influence from the Kpelle language by using an experimental design with a picture questionnaire. While Kpelle does not have a morphological distinction between reflexive and basic pronouns, the Mano variety spoken by Mano-dominant individuals does possess such a distinction in 3sg. In contrast, the Mano variety spoken by Kpelle-dominant individuals shows a pattern borrowing from Kpelle into Mano, whereby the basic pronoun is used for both coreferential and disjoint readings. In a bilingual village, however, despite daily usage of both languages, almost all speakers from our sample manifest a uniform pattern that aligns closely with the monolingual Mano pattern of reflexivity marking. Therefore, the intensity of contact alone does not predict the amount of influence of Kpelle on Mano. Contrary to predictions by Labov (2010. Principles of linguistic change. Volume 3, Cognitive and cultural factors. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell: 5), we conclude that the languages spoken in a multilingual speech community do not necessarily converge and that a balanced multilingual community may provide enough input to acquire monolingual-like competence, at least according to the specific parameter under investigation. In the long run, however, convergence between Mano and Kpelle could indeed be taking place, with Mano losing its reflexivity contrasts, having already lost the contrast in 3pl. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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5. What Connects Mongol Rulers with the Chinese World: Imperial Edicts, a Literal Translation Style, and Spoken Chinese.
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Funada, Yoshiyuki
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This study examines the influence of Mongolian language on spoken Chinese, with a focus on the Sino-Mongolian, or Chinese language translated using the literal translation style (zhiyi-ti 直譯體) from Mongolian. Sino-Mongolian was a type of contact language, based on the Chinese vocabulary and Mongolian syntactic structure. Common linguistic elements are observed between Sino-Mongolian and the Chinese textbook No Gŏltae edited in the Koryŏ Kingdom under Mongol rule. The analysis confirms that No Gŏltae was not translated from Mongolian language but a type of spoken Chinese that was influenced and shaped by Sino-Mongolian through oral dissemination. Although Sino-Mongolian was an artificially translated language, the literal translation style may have been based on Altaic Pidgin Chinese. Hence, it was readily accepted in Northern China and naturally influenced and shaped the spoken Chinese there. It is concluded that the colloquial Chinese influenced by Sino-Mongolian, as observed in No Gŏltae, would be defined as Mongolo-Chinese, a type of Creole language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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6. Variation, contact, and change in Boston Spanish: how social meaning shapes stylistic practice and bilingual optimization.
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Erker, Daniel and Vidal-Covas, Lee-Ann
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SPANISH language ,LANGUAGE contact ,ENGLISH language ,IDEOLOGY ,HYPOTHESIS ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS - Abstract
This paper examines variation in six features of Spanish, testing the hypothesis that outcomes of language and dialect contact are shaped by the differing social meaning of linguistic variables. Two of the study's variables are strongly associated with aspects of identity and style. Four others are poorer signals of social meaning, despite constituting sites of crosslinguistic and/or dialectal difference. In the speech of life-long residents of the contact setting (Boston, MA), the weak features have converged with English grammatical norms. In contrast, the strong features show persistence of dialectal and crosslinguistic differences, suggesting that socially weaker variables are more susceptible to reconfiguration by bilingual optimization strategies. The effect of contact on strong variables, by comparison, is to amplify their already powerful links to ideologies of personal and group style. While strong variables are not immune to contact-induced change, modification in their use is primarily social, rather than cognitive, in nature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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7. A revised digital edition of Wurm & Hattori's Language Atlas of the Pacific Area.
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Forkel, Robert and Hammarström, Harald
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QUALITY control ,UNIVERSAL language ,LANGUAGE contact ,LANGUAGE & languages ,POLYGONS - Abstract
Wurm & Hattori's Language Atlas of the Pacific Area describes the geographic speaker areas of the languages and language varieties spoken in the Pacific. Thanks to the efforts of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative, this monumental piece of work has been available in digital form for over 15 years. But lacking proper identification of language varieties, this digitized data was largely unusable for today's research methods. We turned ECAI's digitized artefacts of the Language Atlas into an open, reusable geo-referenced dataset of speaker area polygons for a quarter of the world's languages. This allows for much more refined analysis methods to, for example, analyse language contact in the area of the world with the highest linguistic diversity. We also describe a number of tool applications and quality checks which may be useful for methodological development in similar digitization efforts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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8. Arabic or English? Multilingual users' preferences in Dubai ATM transactions.
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Al-Issa, Ahmad and Sulieman, Hana
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COSMOPOLITANISM ,ENGLISH language ,ATTITUDES toward language ,AUTOMATED teller machines ,LANGUAGE ability ,LANGUAGE contact - Abstract
Language choice or preference, that is the deliberate selection of language(s) for different purposes in different contexts, situations and domains, is a complex sociolinguistic phenomenon as it is usually motivated by numerous sociolinguistic factors. This study investigates language choice between Arabic and English during automated teller machine (ATM) transactions in Dubai, a cosmopolitan city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and aims at exploring the factors influencing these preferences. The data were collected, using a survey questionnaire, from 566 ATM users in Dubai. The findings reveal that nearly all non-Arab participants favor English over Arabic for ATM transactions, irrespective of their length of stay in the country and their proficiency level in English and Arabic, given that Dubai ATMs offer only these two languages. On the other hand, Arab participants, including UAE nationals and Arab expatriates, tend to use Arabic more frequently than English. However, those residing in Dubai show a greater preference for English compared to those living outside Dubai. Additional factors such as age, gender, level of education, occupation, and comfort with technology were also investigated. This research illuminates the prevalent use and elevated status of English in Dubai, affirming its significance among both native and non-native Arabic speakers. Furthermore, it offers insight into the linguistic resources employed by individuals in transactional exchanges, contributing to our understanding of the complex relationship between language contact, language attitudes, language choice, and technology adoption within a multilingual urban setting. The findings underscore the importance of examining linguistic preferences within specific subdomains of multilingual communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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9. Signed Languages in Co-Existence With Germanic Languages: A Typological Perspective
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Vermeerbergen, Myriam and Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth
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10. History of the Catalan Lexicon
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Martines, Josep
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11. Germanic Languages in Contact in North America
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Putnam, Michael T.
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12. Pidgins and Creoles With Germanic Lexifier Languages
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Bakker, Peter
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13. Investigating the borrowing of prepositions and pronouns in Kalhori Kurdish in Kurdish-Farsi bilinguals
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Sayedeh Zeinab Hosseini and Habib Gowhari
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language contact ,borrowing ,kalhori kurdish ,bilingual ,prepositions ,pronouns ,Philology. Linguistics ,P1-1091 - Abstract
Language contact may have a lot of repercussions for the languages involved. Lexical or structural borrowing can be among the results of language contact. Accordingly, the present study investigates the local and borrowed prepositions and pronouns in Kalhori Kurdish due to language contact.To fulfill this goal, a researcher-made questionnaire (list) was used to determine the local and borrowed pronouns and prepositions in Kalhori Kurdish. This list included 35 items: 11 frequent Kurdish prepositions and 24 Kurdish pronouns. The data was collected through interview. Regardless of their education, all the subjects were fluent in both Kurdish and Farsi and were regarded as active bilinguals. In terms of age range, the young participants were between 20-35 years old, and the old participants were between 50-70 years old. Based on age, gender and educational background, the selected subjects were assigned to 8 groups. Each group consisted of 10 people. Totally, 80 people responded to the items in the list through a targeted interview. The data was collected in Ilam (Eyvan) province. Kalhori Kurdish is the mother language of the people. Three-way ANOWA was employed to assess the significance of the probable variations.
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14. An Acoustic Study on English Vowels Produced by Indonesian Speakers: Exploring Determining Factors and Contact Situations
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Ferdinan Okki Kurniawan, Margareta Rosvita, and Rintya Yuniastari
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phonetics ,phonology ,vowels ,language contact ,English language ,PE1-3729 ,English literature ,PR1-9680 - Abstract
Compared to English varieties spoken in the inner circle (e.g., Australian English and New Zealand English), the English variety spoken in Indonesia, especially in acoustic phonetics, is still understudied. Using the Praat computer program, this acoustic study investigates the English vowel production of fifteen Indonesian females and males. The formants (F1 and F2) of their English vowel in words heed /hid/, hid /hɪd/, head /hɛd/, had /æ/, hod /hɑd/, hawed /hɔd/, hood /hʊd/, who’d /hud/, hud /hʌd/, and heard /hɝd/ are measured and then compared with the vowels produced by American English speakers. Regardless of the speakers’ gender and English skill levels, the vowels [æ] and [ɑ] show the most significant differences between Indonesian and American English speakers. The difference in this study is conditioned more by linguistic factors, i.e., phonetics and phonemics, than by non-linguistic factors, i.e., gender and English skill level. The findings of this study offer a discussion of how acoustic evidence resulting from language education may shed light on possible language contact situations.
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15. Ideophones in Upper Guinea Creoles: a comparative study
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Nicolas Quint and Noël Bernard Biagui
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afro-portuguese ,ideophones ,language contact ,niger-congo ,upper guinea creoles ,Philology. Linguistics ,P1-1091 - Abstract
The Upper Guinea Creoles (UGCs) are a family of closely related Afro-Portuguese languages, comprising three branches: continental (Casamance and Guinea-Bissau), insular (Cape Verde) and ABC (Dutch Antilles). Several continental and insular UGC varieties make use of a specific set of adverbs which can be called “ideophones” following Dingemanse’s (2012) definition of the term. This paper aims at providing a comprehensive study of UGC ideophones. Based on a database collected from native speakers, it characterizes the main phonological, morphosyntactic and semantic features of ideophonic items in UGCs. In addition, it investigates the origins of UGC ideophones and compares the use and behavior of this word class in continental and insular UGCs, showing the degree of both African and Portuguese influence on each UGC variety considered.
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16. Pidgin English proverbs as a source of structural nativization in Nigerian English.
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Callies, Marcus and Oyebola, Folajimi
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ENGLISH language , *PROVERBS , *IDIOMS , *LANGUAGE contact , *PHRASEOLOGY - Abstract
In this paper, we explore the role of Nigerian Pidgin English (NPE) proverbs in language contact settings and their impact on the development of idiomatic phraseology in Nigerian English (NgE). In a set of 100 NPE proverbs, we identified lexical keywords that served as anchors for searches in the large‐scale Nairaland corpus to detect recurrent collocational patterns that in further proximity searches yielded frequent, lexico‐grammatically variable patterns that may be interpreted as innovations at the early stages of idiom formation. The findings suggest that cognitively motivated key lexical items of NPE proverbs may serve as a basis for the formation of variable but also lexico‐grammatically more condensed idiomatic expressions in NgE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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17. Examining the impact of foreign language anxiety and language contact on oral proficiency: a study of Chinese as a second language learners.
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Gong, Yang (Frank), Chen, Mo, and An, Ziyi
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LANGUAGE contact , *LANGUAGE & languages , *ORAL communication , *SECOND language acquisition , *STRUCTURAL equation modeling ,CHINESE as a second language - Abstract
This study addresses gaps in the existing literature on foreign language anxiety (FLA) by examining its impact on the oral proficiency of Chinese as a second language (CSL) learners. Unlike previous research, this investigation includes less commonly taught languages and considers the role of language contact as a mediating variable. Using structural equation modelling (SEM), we reveal that (1) CSL learning anxiety negatively affects CSL oral complexity and fluency in a direct way, but does not influence oral accuracy; (2) language contact affects CSL oral proficiency, with verbal contact having a particular impact on oral fluency; and (3) language contact does not mediate the relationship between CSL learning anxiety and oral proficiency. This study contributes to current theories of FLA in L2 acquisition by highlighting the roles of anxiety in different oral proficiency measurements even though the mediating effect of language contact does not exist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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18. Lexical variation of woods and bush in Ontario English.
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Tagliamonte, Sali A. and Jankowski, Bridget L.
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HUMAN behavior , *LINGUISTICS , *SIXTEENTH century , *SEVENTEENTH century , *LANGUAGE contact , *PLAYS on words - Abstract
This paper examines ongoing lexical variability among words that describe areas with trees, such as
woods, bush andforest , among others. The historical perspective shows ongoing semantic evolution of these terms, fromwood(s) (c.825) to the emergence ofbush in the late 16th century or early 17th century. We assess regional, social and linguistic patterns of variation in 1849 tokens, from individuals born in the late 1800s to early 200s across 21 communities in Ontario, Canada. The most common word isbush ; use ofwoods is moderate whileforest is rare. Ancestry and migration play key roles in their distribution, demonstrating that ancestral roots, migration and language contact play into the selection of a word. We argue that lexical variation, when analysed in a comparative sociolinguistic perspective in the context of social typology, history and geographic location, offers important insights into language use and human behaviour. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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19. Linguistic synesthesia in language contact: Sino-Korean vs. native Korean synesthetic compounds.
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Jo, Charmhun
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SYNESTHESIA ,LANGUAGE contact ,KOREAN language ,ANTHROPOLOGICAL linguistics ,INDO-European languages ,MANDARIN dialects - Abstract
This study examines whether linguistic synesthesia shares mapping directionality across languages and cultures in terms of language contact. This motivation has led to the examination of Sino-Korean synesthetic compounds compared to native Korean ones. A comparative analysis of Sino-Korean and native Korean synesthesia proposes that language contact has observed linguistic variations in transfer directionality in linguistic synesthesia. In other words, this study's results show that Sino-Korean compound synesthesia has a directionality model similar to Mandarin Chinese, which differs from previous universality models. In contrast, native Korean compound synesthesia directionality follows diagrams from Korean synesthesia research and previous studies based on Indo-European languages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. The longitudinal corpus of language acquisition, maintenance and contact: Warlpiri & Light Warlpiri.
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O’Shannessy, Carmel
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LANGUAGE maintenance , *FORCED migration , *LANGUAGE contact , *LANGUAGE & languages , *LINGUISTIC change , *LANGUAGE acquisition - Abstract
Australian Indigenous languages contribute to the linguistic diversity and wealth of the nation and the world, yet are highly vulnerable due to continuing legacies of colonization. Speakers show resilience and creativity in maintaining languages and creating new ways of speaking as they adapt to forced relocation, societal changes and pressure from English. Documentation of these languages provides resources for speakers, educators and researchers interested in understanding language continuity, change and learning. The
Longitudinal corpus of language acquisition, maintenance and contact: Warlpiri & Light Warlpiri contains recordings and transcriptions of the speech of adults and children in four Warlpiri communities in the Northern Territory, Australia. In one community a new contact language, known as Light Warlpiri, has emerged, and the corpus provides the documentation for perspectives on its emergence and continuity, including the roles of child speakers, and also of the maintenance of the traditional language, Warlpiri. The corpus also contains recordings of Warlpiri spoken by adults and children in four communities in 2010, providing a snapshot of Warlpiri across generations at that point in time. This paper describes the rationale for and development of the corpus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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21. Toponymic unity of the Carpathian region.
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Oczko, Anna
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GEOGRAPHIC names , *LANGUAGE contact , *CONCORD , *DIALECTS , *ETYMOLOGY - Abstract
The article lists 26 toponyms that are characteristic and common in the entire Carpathian region. They have been selected according to their toponymic classification (mostly oronyms, hydronyms, and oikonyms), and their etymology. These toponyms are commonly observed in the parts of the Carpathian Mountains located in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine. As the basis for the toponymic analysis, we accepted a common appellative of Romanian or Slavic origins. Migrations of peoples of Slavic and Romanian (Vlach) origin had a significant influence on the dissemination of these toponyms, mainly due to pastoral transhumance and the so-called Vlach colonization. The toponyms were analyzed in semantic and structural terms. The list presents a variety and richness of regional forms which may be encountered in different Carpathian dialects as a legacy of ancient language contacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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22. Topical Influence: Reiterative Code-Switching in the Kufr Qassem Deaf Community.
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Stamp, Rose, Omar-Hajdawood, Duaa, and Novogrodsky, Rama
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SIGN language , *LANGUAGE policy , *ORAL communication , *LANGUAGE contact , *CODE switching (Linguistics) - Abstract
Reiterative code-switching, when one lexical item from one language is produced immediately after a semantically equivalent lexical item in another language, is a frequent phenomenon in studies of language contact. Several spoken language studies suggest that reiteration functions as a form of accommodation, amplification (emphasis), reinforcement, or clarification; however, its function in sign language seems less clear. In this study, we investigate reiterative code-switching produced in semispontaneous conversations while manipulating two important factors: interlocutor and topic. Ten bilinguals of Kufr Qassem Sign Language (KQSL), a local sign language used in central Israel, and Israeli Sign Language (ISL), the national sign language of Israel, participated in a semispontaneous conversation task in three interlocutor conditions, with: (1) another bilingual, (2) a KQSL-dominant signer, and (3) an ISL-dominant signer. They were given "local" (e.g. traditions in Kufr Qassem) and "global" (e.g. travel) topics to discuss. A total of 673 code-switches were found in the data, of which sixty-seven were reiterative. Interlocutor was found to be a significant predictor of the presence of reiterative code-switching, with more reiterations observed when participants interacted with a KQSL-dominant signer or bilingual than with an ISL-dominant signer. These results suggest that reiteration serves an accommodative function. Yet, this does not explain reiterations found in the bilingual-bilingual condition. We show that, in these cases, reiteration plays other roles beyond accommodation, including amplification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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23. Transnational language survival: heritage language use and maintenance among first-generation Yorùbá-English Nigerian immigrants in diaspora.
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Kupolati, Oluwateniola Oluwabukola
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TRANSNATIONAL education , *HIGHER education , *CULTURAL property , *SOCIOLINGUISTICS , *SEMI-structured interviews - Abstract
This study is a sociolinguistic exploration into the survival of a transnational language in the United States-a multilingual and multicultural environment. Using an adapted General Ethnicity Questionnaire, it interrogates the social dimensions of heritage language use and the diverse linguistic experiences of 120 first-generation Yorùbá-English Nigerian Immigrants living in New York, Texas, and Maryland. It also conducts structured interviews with 30 of them. The study tests two hypotheses that examine the significance of age and length of stay on heritage language use. Findings reveal that first-generation Yorùbá-English Nigerian Immigrants report high frequencies of heritage language use with their co-ethnic peers as well as in their self-created micro-linguistic markets. Results also show that age and the length of stay are significant to heritage language use in the United States. Finally, these immigrants create enabling environments where the heritage language is used frequently, ensuring continued use and survival. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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24. The Dutch Language in the Muslim World (1600-1800).
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Joby, Christopher
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There was much contact between the Dutch Republic and Muslim world in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The Dutch East India Company (VOC) (1602-1799) undertook extensive commercial activity in the Indian Ocean and Indonesian archipelago, where many Muslims lived. The VOC established trading posts in Bengal, across the Indian sub-continent, in Persia, the Yemen, and at its headquarters in the East Indies at Batavia. Whilst people in these areas practised several religions including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, most of these areas had significant Muslim populations, often with Muslim rulers. I am undertaking a project to analyse who spoke and wrote Dutch to whom and when in the Muslim world in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Given the scale of the Muslim world, it will be useful to divide it into two parts: one that focuses on the Indonesian archipelago and another on other countries with Muslim populations. This article examines what the second part of this project might look like, mapping out the form and content of a project on contact between Dutch and languages spoken in the Muslim world in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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25. SUI FRANCESISMI FRASEOLOGICI IN ITALIANO.
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CRIFÒ, FRANCESCO
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FRENCH language ,FATHER-son relationship ,ITALIAN language ,PHRASEOLOGY ,KINSHIP ,FATHERS ,MOTHER-daughter relationship - Abstract
Research into the etymologies of higher lexical units is still relatively recent. The recent blooming of phraseological projects and the current abundance of and easy access to historical documentation make a close examination of the origin and history of some of these elements timely. Based on some examples, the close relationship between French and Italian phraseology is illustrated here, proposing among other things three hypotheses of borrowing from the former language to the latter: figlio or figlia di papà 'young man who is aided excessively in life and career by his father's prestige and wealth', literally 'father's son/daughter', girarsi or rigirarsi i pollici 'stay idle, inactive', literally 'to twiddle one's thumbs', mettere alla porta 'to dismiss, to send away, to kick out', literally 'to put someone at the door'. In other cases (a tentoni ~ à tâtons 'blundering, fumbling', adagio Biagio ~ à l'aise Blaise 'expression that calls for caution') the kinship between Italian and French expression is evident but it is difficult (or conceivably impossible) to reconstruct whether this is a transfer from one language to another and in which direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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26. Code Mixing Phenomena in Vietnam Online Newspapers.
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Le Thi Thuy Vinh
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ELECTRONIC newspapers ,VIETNAMESE language ,VIETNAMESE people ,READING interests ,LANGUAGE contact - Abstract
Along with the development of society, based on the internet platform, in addition to other types of written and visual newspapers, online newspapers were born, allowing people around the world to quickly access news without delay depends on space and time. To attract readers, the language of online newspapers is also increasingly being innovated to meet readers' tastes. Code mixing is a fairly common phenomenon in online newspapers, giving readers interesting impressions. Therefore, the article "Code mixing phenomena in Vietnam online newspapers" will survey the forms of code mixing in languages in Vietnamese online newspapers, thereby providing comprehensive assessments of this phenomenon on the Internet journalistic language in particular and communication in general. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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27. Chilean Spanish Intonational Plateaus and Their Pragmatic Functions: A Case of Contact with Mapudungun.
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Rogers, Brandon M. A. and Face, Timothy L.
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SPANISH language ,LANGUAGE contact ,PROSODIC analysis (Linguistics) ,INTONATION (Phonetics) ,PRAGMATICS - Abstract
Intonational plateaus exist in Chilean Spanish in contexts in which they do not exist in any other variety of Spanish. Mapudungun, which has been in contact with Chilean Spanish for centuries, also has plateaus in similar contexts, although for years, the possibility of any influence of Mapudungun on Spanish has been largely dismissed. The present study examines the discourse contexts in which intonational plateaus occur in both Chilean Spanish and Mapudungun and finds that their pragmatic function is similar, with the vast majority of cases highlighting information based on the subjective communicative desire of the speaker rather than falling into established syntactic or pragmatic categories such as narrow focus. However, while the pragmatic function is similar between the languages, Mapudungun has a wider use of the plateaus, indicating a likely longer presence in this language. Based on the similarities in pragmatic function, the absence of such plateaus in any other variety of Spanish, and the wider use of plateaus in Mapudungun, this paper argues that the Chilean Spanish plateaus originate from Mapudungun due to their centuries-long history of intense language contact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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28. Semantic Fields and Castilianization in Galician: A Comparative Study with the Loanword Typology Project.
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Álvarez de la Granja, María and Dubert García, Francisco
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WORD frequency ,LANGUAGE contact ,SPANISH language ,LOANWORDS ,ALGAE ,PRESTIGE - Abstract
This study examines the correspondence between the borrowability indices from the Loanwoard Typology (LWT) project and Castilianization indices from the Atlas Lingüístico Galego (ALGa) across seven semantic fields. To this end, we identified all Castilianisms in the ALGa and conducted a quantitative analysis to compare these indices. Results obtained indicate a mismatch between the rankings of the LWT project and the ALGa. For example, the field 'The body' has the highest level of Castilianization according to the ALGa but the lowest borrowed score in the LWT project. Moreover, Castilianization levels in the ALGa show greater dispersion than borrowability levels from the LWT project. In fact, in each semantic field, many concepts (52.2%) have low levels of Castilianization, between 0% and 10%, and only a few concepts have high levels. A more detailed analysis of three semantic fields ('The body', 'Agriculture and vegetation', and 'The physical world') suggests that explanations based solely on semantic criteria (such as the existence of an unalterable central lexicon) are insufficient; other factors such as prestige, urbanization, cultural modernity, frequency of word usage, and perhaps other intralinguistic factors should be taken into account. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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29. Gender assignment in language contact.
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Levkovych, Nataliya
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LANGUAGE contact ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS ,LOANWORDS ,COPYING ,GRAMMATICAL gender ,FORMAL languages ,GENDER - Abstract
This paper deals with an important aspect of the integration of loan nouns into the grammatical systems of languages attesting to grammatical gender, namely gender assignment. Traditionally, it is assumed that gender assignment takes place according to the internal assignment rules of the replica language. In many cases, however, the original grammatical gender is borrowed along with the source word. This is the case of gender copy which often takes place under special (sociolinguistic) conditions and is used as assignment strategy in languages to a different extent. A special focus of my study is on gender assignment and particularly gender copy in the contact of languages of different assignment types (formal vs. semantic). The empirical data comes from five European languages in different sociolinguistic situations, attesting to different assignment systems and of different language branches of two language families – Indo-European (Romanian, Slavic, and Indo-Arian) and Nakh-Daghestanian (Lezgic and Tsezic). The analysis shows that gender copy is possible mostly in the contact of languages of the same assignment type. In the contact of languages of the formal assignment type, gender copy often goes along with the formal adjustment of the loan word. Sociolinguistic circumstances play an important role as to the possibility and frequency of the occurrence of gender copy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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30. Parenting children with disabilities in Sweden: a cluster-analysis of parenting stress and sufficiency of informal and formal support.
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Täljedal, Torun, Granlund, Mats, Osman, Fatumo, Selinus, Eva Norén, and Fängström, Karin
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CHILDREN with disabilities ,PARENTS with disabilities ,PARENTS ,PARENTING ,LANGUAGE contact ,CLUSTER analysis (Statistics) - Abstract
Objective: To investigate patterns of parenting stress and access to sufficient informal and formal support among parents of children with disabilities. To explore whether child cognitive level, conduct problems and the need of language interpretation in contacts between parents and professionals are associated with patterns of parenting stress and support. Method: Parents (N = 140) of children with disabilities in Sweden completed a questionnaire about parenting stress and support. Patterns of three variables--parenting stress and access to sufficient informal and formal support--were investigated using cluster analysis. The relationship of child cognitive level, level of conduct problems and of language interpretation needs between parents and professionals to cluster membership was explored using multinomial logistic regression. Results: Five different clusters of parenting stress and support emerged. Parents in cluster 1 had lower than sample mean ratings on all three variables. Cluster 2 had elevated parenting stress, cluster 3 had elevated insufficient informal support and cluster 4 had elevated insufficient formal support. Cluster 5 had elevated ratings on all three variables. Greater child cognitive difficulties increased the likelihood of parent membership in cluster 2 (elevated stress), cluster 3 (elevated insufficient informal support), or cluster 5 (elevated ratings on all variables). Child conduct problems increased the likelihood of membership in cluster 2 (elevated stress) or cluster 5 (elevated ratings on all variables). No relationship between language interpretation needs and cluster membership was found. Conclusions: Patterns of parenting stress and sufficiency of support, and their associations with child characteristics, vary substantially. However, families of children with conduct problems experiencing elevated parenting stress in combination with insufficient informal and formal support, may be particularly vulnerable. The results of the current study highlight the clinical importance of exploring and identifying individual parenting stressors and perceived levels of support, to be able to adapt services to better suit a variety of needs, and thus promote equitable care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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31. Redeployment in language contact: the case of phonological emphasis.
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Flynn, Darin
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PHONOLOGY ,LANGUAGE contact ,HISTORICAL linguistics ,CONSONANTS ,SECOND language acquisition - Abstract
This article applies the notion of redeployment in second language acquisition to contact-induced diachronic changes. Of special interest are cases where a marked phonological contrast has spread across neighboring languages. Such cases suggest that listeners can re-weight and re-map phonetic cues onto novel phonological structures. On the redeployment view, cues can indeed be reweighted, but phonological structures which underlie a new contrast are not expected to be fully novel; rather, they must be assembled from preexisting phonological structures. Emphatics are an instructive case. These are (mostly) coronal consonants articulated with tongue-root retraction. Phonological emphasis is rare among the world's languages but it is famously endogenous in Arabic and in Interior Salish and it has spread from these to not a few neighboring languages. The present study describes and analyzes the genesis of phonological emphasis and its exogenous spread to a dozen mostly unrelated languages--from Arabic to Iranian and Caucasian languages, among others, and from Interior Salish to Athabaskan and Wakashan languages. This research shows that most languages acquire emphatics by redeploying the phonological feature [RTR] (retracted tongue root) from preexisting uvulars. On the other hand, some languages acquire imitations of emphatics by redeploying the consonantal use of [low] from preexisting pharyngeals. Phonological emphasis is apparently not borrowed by neighboring languages where consonants lack a phonological feature fit for redeployment. The overall impression is that a language in contact with emphatics may newly adopt these sounds as [RTR] or [low] only if the relevant feature is already in use in its consonant system. This pattern of adoption in language contact supports the redeployment construct in second language acquisition theory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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32. Metalinguistic knowledge of pragmatic markers in Kwéyòl Donmnik and English.
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Peltier, Joy P.G.
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LANGUAGE awareness , *DISCOURSE markers , *ENGLISH language , *FATHERS , *CULTURAL values , *CREOLES - Abstract
Through interviews with bilingual users of Kwéyòl Donmnik (Dominica Creole), an understudied and endangered French lexifier Creole, and a questionnaire for users of English, a colonial language that has been in intense contact with Kwéyòl for over 200 years, this study investigates the metalinguistic knowledge members of each language community have about a selection of pragmatic markers that are cross-linguistically similar: Kwéyòl konsa 'so', èben 'well', and papa/Bondyé 'father/God' and English so, well , and oh my God. The study also examines Kwéyòl users' understandings of la 'there', a locative pragmatic marker. Participants' responses paralleled and expanded upon linguists' observations, and while there were commonalities between the two groups' self-reports, Kwéyòl users attributed greater cultural and communicative value to their markers. This research expands the limited body of work on Kwéyòl and reinforces that pragmatic markers are both procedurally meaningful and culturally embedded. It also demonstrates that, while corpus-based approaches are fruitful, richer insights can be gained by also incorporating language users' lived expertise through direct elicitation of their metalinguistic knowledge about how pragmatic markers are employed and perceived. • Selected Kwéyòl and English pragmatic markers (PMs) are in intense contact. • Metalinguistic knowledge about PMs parallels and expands beyond corpus analyses. • Despite rich knowledge, English survey takers were more dismissive of their PMs. • Kwéyòl interviewees ascribed greater cultural and communicative value to their PMs. • Both groups report awareness of waning taboos surrounding PMs with religious roots. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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33. Echoes of Past Contact: Venetian Influence on Cretan Greek Intonation.
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Baltazani, Mary, Coleman, John, Passoni, Elisa, and Przedlacka, Joanna
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HISTORICAL linguistics , *DATA analysis , *STATISTICAL significance , *RESEARCH funding , *KRUSKAL-Wallis Test , *MUSICAL perception , *CHI-squared test , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *MOTIVATION (Psychology) , *SPEECH evaluation , *ONE-way analysis of variance , *STATISTICS , *PHONETICS , *HUMAN voice , *SPEECH perception , *DATA analysis software , *MUSICAL pitch , *INFORMATION-seeking behavior ,PHYSIOLOGICAL aspects of speech - Abstract
Prosodic aspects of cross-linguistic contact are under-researched, especially past contact that has subsequently ceased. In this paper, we investigate declarative and polar question tunes of contemporary Cretan Greek, a regional variety of Greek whose speakers were in contact with Venetian speakers during the four and half centuries of Venetian rule on the island, from 1204 to 1669. The F0 contours of the Cretan tunes and alignment of peaks and troughs of interest with the nuclear vowel are compared to the corresponding tunes in Venetian dialect and Venetian Italian and to those in Athenian (Standard) Greek, which are used as control. The data (1610 declarative utterances and 698 polar questions) were drawn from natural speech corpora based on pragmatic criteria: broad focus for declaratives, broad focus, and information-seeking interpretation for polar questions. The pitch contour shapes of the tunes are modeled using polynomial basis functions, and the F0 alignment points are determined analytically. The results show the robustness of contact effects almost three and a half centuries after regular contact ceased and indicate that the shapes of the F0 contours of Cretan and Venetian declarative and polar question tunes are similar. In addition, Cretan alignment patterns are similar to Venetian and significantly different from Athenian. Insights are gained from research into how long prosodic characteristics may persist in a recipient language—decades or even centuries after the cessation of contact. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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34. Accommodation and Language Contact.
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Gili Fivela, Barbara and Avesani, Cinzia
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SERIAL publications , *PHONOLOGICAL awareness , *LEARNING , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *MULTILINGUALISM , *LINGUISTICS , *COMMUNICATION , *PHONETICS , *INTERPERSONAL relations - Abstract
The paper introduces the Special Issue on Language Contact and Speaker Accommodation, which originates from the conference Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE) held at the University of Lecce, Italy, in 2019. It discusses the topics of language contact and speaker accommodation, summarizing the contributions included in the Special Issue, and arguing explicitly in favour of a unitary view of how both temporary and stable changes happen in (part of) the linguistic systems. Accommodation is seen as the same gradual and non-homogeneous process at play in different contact settings. In the introductory sections, a discussion is offered on various situations in which linguistic systems are in contact and on the main factors that may be at play; the following sections offer an overview of the papers included in the Special Issue, which focus on accommodation in L2 and heritage speakers as well as on the time dimension of dialect or language societal contact. Finally, accommodation is discussed as the same process that is at work in any interaction, that may modify temporarily or long-term the system of L2 learners and bilinguals (e.g., immigrants), that usually affects in the long-term the heritage speakers' system, and that only in the long term can lead to language changes involving entire communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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35. An Acoustic Study on English Vowels Produced by Indonesian Speakers: Exploring Determining Factors and Contact Situations.
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Kurniawan, Ferdinan Okki, Rosvita, Margareta, and Yuniastari, Rintya
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ENGLISH vowels ,PHONETICS ,PHONEMICS - Abstract
Compared to English varieties spoken in the inner circle (e.g., Australian English and New Zealand English), the English variety spoken in Indonesia, especially in acoustic phonetics, is still understudied. Using the Praat computer program, this acoustic study investigates the English vowel production of fifteen Indonesian females and males. The formants (F1 and F2) of their English vowel in words heed /hid/, hid /hɪd/, head /hɛd/, had /æ/, hod /hɑd/, hawed /hɔd/, hood /hʊd/, who’d /hud/, hud /hʌd/, and heard /hɝd/ are measured and then compared with the vowels produced by American English speakers. Regardless of the speakers’ gender and English skill levels, the vowels [æ] and [ɑ] show the most significant differences between Indonesian and American English speakers. The difference in this study is conditioned more by linguistic factors, i.e., phonetics and phonemics, than by non-linguistic factors, i.e., gender and English skill level. The findings of this study offer a discussion of how acoustic evidence resulting from language education may shed light on possible language contact situations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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36. Repräsentation der positiven Basisemotionen in der deutschen digitalen kommunikation.
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Kovbasyuk, Larysa and Romanova, Natalia
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EMOTICONS & emojis ,DIGITAL communications ,GERMAN language ,LANGUAGE contact ,EMOTIONS ,JOY - Abstract
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37. Conceptual metaphor in areal perspective: time, space, and contact in the Sinosphere.
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Fiddler, Michael
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TIME perspective ,CONCEPT mapping ,METAPHOR ,COGNITIVE linguistics ,LANGUAGE contact ,VOWELS - Abstract
This paper discusses spatio-temporal metaphors in three regions in and around China from the perspective of language contact, looking for evidence of areal convergence or transfer of the conceptual metaphors. The approach fits broadly within the framework of Cognitive Contact Linguistics. After a review of spatio-temporal metaphors in the Sinitic languages, I sketch out the relevant metaphors in languages spoken in northwest China (Xinjiang and the Qinghai-Gansu Sprachbund), in and near northeast China, and in south China and Taiwan – many of which have not been discussed previously in the literature on conceptual metaphor. The study reveals evidence for metaphor transfer involving the up-down spatial dimension from Sinitic to Japanese and Korean, contact-facilitated extension of metaphor involving the front-back dimension in Tsou, and possible transfer of front-back metaphor to other languages of Taiwan. Several of the lexical items used in front-back metaphorical expressions in Santa, two Hmong varieties, Japanese, and Korean are borrowed from Sinitic, but these do not clearly represent transfer of the conceptual mapping. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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38. Die Wortgeschichte von fr. banqueroute, dt. Bankrott und it. bancarotta.
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Schweickard, Wolfgang
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ITALIAN language ,SIXTEENTH century ,ETYMOLOGY ,BANKRUPTCY ,VOCABULARY - Abstract
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39. Preserving Mzabi Dialect Vitality: The Case Study of Mozabite Merchants in the City of Constantine.
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Benlahrache, Wafa Safinez
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DIALECTS ,MERCHANTS ,LANGUAGE maintenance ,BILINGUALISM ,CELEBRITIES - Abstract
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40. Dialect, language, variety, or koiné? Outlining Brazilian Venetan.
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Dall’Ava, Felipe and de Souza Leal, Ednei
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LANGUAGE contact , *ITALIAN language , *PORTUGUESE language , *SOCIOLINGUISTICS , *DIALECTS - Abstract
In this paper, we discuss a possible classification for Brazilian Venetan, also known as Talian: a linguistic phenomenon developed and employed by Italian immigrants and their descendants in the southern region of Brazil. Brazilian Venetan is the result of the continuous contact between distinct languages and varieties brought from Italy to Brazil in addition to Brazilian Portuguese. Therefore, Brazilian Venetan is a linguistic phenomenon born and developed due to language contact, and to just acknowledge it as, for instance, one of the several dialects of standard Italian doesn’t seem adequate to describe it. Thus, our main focus here is to seek more suitable sociolinguistic definition(s) for this linguistic manifestation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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41. Bilingual acquisition as the locus of syntactic change.
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Meisel, Jürgen M.
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SECOND language acquisition , *HISTORICAL linguistics , *LANGUAGE acquisition , *LANGUAGE contact - Abstract
Some grammatical phenomena are more resistant to diachronic change than others. The syntactic core is particularly resilient, raising the question why this is the case and what causes the least vulnerable properties to change. Since fundamental alterations of grammars do not occur across the lifespan of adults, first language acquisition is commonly considered to be the main locus of syntactic change. Under the assumption that language contact leads to cross-linguistic interaction, early bilinguals have been claimed to be the main agents of change. I revisit this debate, focusing on head directionality and V2. Summaries of studies of various acquisition types lead to the conclusion that reanalysis in core syntax does not happen in the course of neither monolingual nor bilingual L1 acquisition. Contrary to hypotheses entertained in diachronic linguistics, neither language contact nor structural ambiguity/complexity has this effect. For core properties to change in L1, the triggering information must be contained in the input. Insufficient exposure, as in heritage language acquisition, can cause morphosyntactic change, though not in the syntactic core. Only second language acquisition exhibits such effects. L2 learners are thus the most likely agents of fundamental syntactic change. I conclude that explanations of the resilience of syntactic phenomena cannot rely exclusively on structural aspects. It results from an interaction of syntactic and developmental factors, defined by grammatical constraint, acquisition principles, and processing demands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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42. Lectal coherence in a border bilingual community.
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Gradoville, Michael, Fernandez, Sofía, Long, Avizia, and Waltermire, Mark
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SOCIOLINGUISTICS ,SPANISH language ,PORTUGUESE language ,ORTHOGRAPHY & spelling ,PHONEME (Linguistics) ,LANGUAGE contact - Abstract
While studies of lectal coherence, the extent to which speakers' uses of multiple linguistic variables correlate, have not historically been frequent within sociolinguistics, recent studies have added to our knowledge of co-variation between variables. The present study contributes to this growing body of knowledge by analyzing co-variation of the Spanish voiced obstruent series /bdɡ/ in the bilingual border community of Rivera, Uruguay. On the basis of 5,569 tokens from sociolinguistic interview data from 40 Riverense Spanish speakers, we acoustically analyze mean constriction of /bdɡ/ for each speaker and each phoneme, taking into consideration the influence of Portuguese cognates and Spanish orthography on /b/. Results show positive correlations between constriction of /d/, /ɡ/, and /b/ (when the latter is spelled and has a /b/ cognate), which is expected given the parallel social patterning for these sounds. However, the relationship between these portions of the data and the contrast of /b/ on the basis of orthography and cognates is much weaker. While one factor that could contribute to this empirical observation is methodological in nature, individual lects reflect the unique linguistic histories of their users, including who their interlocutors are, and in a linguistically diverse community, diverse lects can be expected. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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43. Thrivers and Survivors during Study Abroad: The Individual Cases of Japanese Learners of English.
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Halenko, Nicola and Economidou-Kogetsidis, Maria
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FOREIGN study ,LANGUAGE contact ,JAPANESE language ,JAPANESE people ,LIMITED English-proficient students ,LANGUAGE & languages - Abstract
Whilst study abroad (SA) periods hold much promise for foreign language development, increasing research suggests sojourners' experiences are unique, and language development does not always follow a linear trajectory. For some learners, SA has little impact on their language performance despite the affordances of L2 immersion (the Survivors). Other learners maximise the potential of SA, and this has a positive impact on their language development (the Thrivers). This paper examines the selected cases of four Japanese learners of English and their request language performance during a 10-month SA in the UK. Changes in pragmatic knowledge (based on appropriateness ratings) were documented at three equidistant time points. Language contact profile data also provided quantitative insights into the learners' extracurricular language use and qualitative personal reflections. The selected cases illustrate two learners surviving the SA experience, showing minimal change in their request performance. The other two learners thrived during SA, showing accelerated performance in terms of lexical variation at the production level. This paper reports on the case histories of these learners to better understand these unique experiences and pragmatic discrepancies. Suggestions for how learners might be more pragmatically successful during SA are also offered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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44. Language contact, identity building and attitudes towards the use of a minoritized language in the public space.
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Arias Álvarez, Alba and Bernardo-Hinesley, Sheryl
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ATTITUDES toward language ,LANGUAGE contact ,SOCIOLINGUISTICS ,PUBLIC spaces ,LINGUISTIC landscapes ,GROUP identity ,LANGUAGE & languages - Abstract
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45. Multilingual Language Ideological Assemblages: Language Contact, Documentation and Revitalization
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Kroskrity, Paul V
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language dynamics ,language contact ,language ideologies ,revitalization ,documentation ,Native North America ,Indigenous California ,Pueblo Southwest ,Cognitive Sciences ,Language Studies ,Linguistics - Abstract
Abstract: Data from long-term research in two ideologically divergent Native American linguistic communities demonstrate the importance, first, of indigenous multilingualisms and, second, of distinctive ideologies of multilingualism in shaping the divergent language contact outcomes and practices of those communities as they adapted to such forces as economic incorporation, colonization, assimilationist policies, and later decolonization and attempted language revitalization. Indigenous ideological differences in these communities were key factors in producing divergent patterns of language shift as well as in community efforts to document and revitalize their respective heritage languages. The Village of Tewa (NE Arizona) still partially retains a multilingual adaptation in all generations except youth and young adults (Kroskrity, 1993; 2014). The Western Mono (Central California) were traditionally multilingual with neighboring languages of the Yokuts and Southern Sierra Miwok groups (Kroskrity, 2009a). Though both groups were historically multilingual, multilingual practices were differentially influenced by distinctive language ideologies such as those emphasizing purism/syncretism and the expressive/utilitarian functions of language. This observation suggests the importance of understanding indigenous multilingualisms and their consequences for language contact within their language ideological assemblages (Kroskrity, 2018).
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46. The Impact of Language Contact on North Germanic
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Höder, Steffen
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47. Enklave bahasa Toraja pada anak imigran Indonesia di wilayah Sabah, Malaysia
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Candraderi Christmatara and Muhammad Suryadi
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enclave ,Toraja language ,Malay Sabah language ,children of immigrant ,language contact ,Language and Literature - Abstract
This research examines the use of the Toraja language spoken by children of Indonesian immigrants in Sabah, Malaysia. This phenomenon is unique because these children, who are of Toraja descent and born also raised in an environment where Malay Sabah is the primary language of communication, maintain the use of the Toraja Language. The purpose of this research is to present the forms of Toraja language enclaves in Sabah, Malaysia. This research employs a qualitative descriptive method. Data sources were collected using purposive sampling. Data collection techniques included observation, interviews, and elicitation. The three stages of analysis involved data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results showed that Indonesian immigrant children born and raised in the Sabah, Malaysia, use both the Toraja language and Malay Sabah in various domains. The analysis revealed that Indonesian immigrant children have a better understanding of Malay Sabah than the Toraja language, influenced by economic, social, cultural, and topographical factors.
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48. The Influence of Neologisms from Mainland China on Changes in the Lexical Semantics of Hong Kong Cantonese
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Yang, Yike, Ho, Ho Kuen, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Dong, Minghui, editor, Hong, Jia-Fei, editor, Lin, Jingxia, editor, and Jin, Peng, editor
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49. Corpus-Based Study on the Evolution of the Lexical Phonetic Forms from Old Chinese to Middle Chinese
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Qiu, Bing, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Dong, Minghui, editor, Hong, Jia-Fei, editor, Lin, Jingxia, editor, and Jin, Peng, editor
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50. Frequency and Variability in the Use of Modal Verbs in Zimbabwean English
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Chapwanya, Faith Chiedza and Nel, Joanine Hester
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