Heritage Languages : A Language Contact Approach [1 ed.] 9789027261762, 9789027204714

Heritage languages, such as the Turkish varieties spoken in Berlin or the Spanish used in Los Angeles, are non-dominant

138 22 1MB

English Pages 324 Year 2019

Heritage Languages : A Language Contact Approach [1 ed.]
9789027261762, 9789027204714

485 48 11MB Read more

This volume contains twenty case studies analysing various aspects of language contact involving ancient and modern Semi

901 64 3MB Read more

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748607198); What happens to different peoples and to their languages when t

259 101 5MB Read more

This book provides a pioneering introduction to heritage languages and their speakers, written by one of the founders of

651 84 6MB Read more

If the Japanese are exclusive, why are they now borrowing so many linguistic characteristics from English for their own

748 28 14MB Read more

Languages are constantly changing. New words are added to the English language every year, either borrowed or coined, an

2,204 133 23MB Read more

Since the inception of modern contact linguistics through the works of Weinreich (1953) and Haugen (1953), numerous inve

205 94 2MB Read more

The papers in this collection throw fresh light on the relation between language contact and contrastive linguistics. Th

437 91 81MB Read more

The last three decades have seen the emergence of Construction Grammar as a major research paradigm in linguistics. At t

180 40 881KB Read more

Language Contact. An International Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of current topics in research on language co

707 113 4MB Read more