Language Contact¶
Thomason, S. G. (2001). Language Contact: An Introduction. Edinburgh University Press.
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Primes¶
- Code-Switching
- This creates a diglossic hierarchy: speakers code-switch toward prestige codes in formal contexts, toward identity codes in intimate contexts.
This sourceTypological introduction to contact-induced change, borrowing, and bilingual mixed languages, situating code-switching within broader patterns of language contact.
- This creates a diglossic hierarchy: speakers code-switch toward prestige codes in formal contexts, toward identity codes in intimate contexts.
- Synchronic vs. Diachronic Analysis
- - Anthropology: Lévi-Strauss's structural anthropology examined kinship systems synchronically (structure of relations in a society at a moment); Boas-Sapir tradition emphasized diachronic diffusion of cultural traits and historical contact (Thomason 2001
This sourceThomason Language Contact language contact borrowing code-switching multilingualism typology.
- - Anthropology: Lévi-Strauss's structural anthropology examined kinship systems synchronically (structure of relations in a society at a moment); Boas-Sapir tradition emphasized diachronic diffusion of cultural traits and historical contact (Thomason 2001
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