UID:
almafu_9959239182302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (452 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-32779-1
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9786613327796
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90-272-7584-X
Serie:
Impact, studies in language and society ; v. 1
Inhalt:
This volume is about various aspects of the theory and application of language contact and language conflict phenomena seen from an interdisciplinary perspective. The focus is on the linguistic, social, psychological, and educational issues (conditions, constraints, and consequences) involved in the status and use of languages in multilingual settings.The book is divided into four sections dealing with the following areas: Theoretical issues: This section addresses key issues such as the nature of the concepts of language maintenance, language loyalty and language identity, langua
Anmerkung:
Papers of the 20th International L.A.U.D. Symposium (Linguistic Agency University of Duisburg), held Feb. 28-Mar. 3, 1995, at the University of Duisburg.
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LANGUAGE CHOICES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Language choices: contact and conflict? Introduction; Section 1: Language contact and language choice: Sociolinguistic and linguistic issues; Section 2: Language policy and language planning; Section 3: Language use and attitudes towards language(s); Section 4: Code-switching: One speaker, two languages; References; Section 1:Language contact and language choice: Sociolinguistic and linguistic issues; Language ecology - contact without conflict; 1. Introduction; 2. What is a Language Ecology?
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3. Contact and conflict4. On the linguistic sources of conflict reduction; 5. Implications for language planning; 6. Conclusions; References; Towards a dynamic view of multilingualism; 1. Introduction; 2. Wholistic view of bilingualism; 3. Linguistic and cognitive consequences of bilingualism; 3.1. Crosslinguistic influence in bilinguals; 3.2. Impact of bilingualism on cognitive development; 3.2. 1. Metalinguistic awareness; 3.2.2. Creative thinking and mental flexibility; 3.2.3. Interactional competence and communicative sensitivity; 4.Variability on an individual level
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5. A dynamic approach to multilingualism6. Conclusion; Notes; References; A matter of choice; Note; References; The choice of linguae francae in triglossic environments in Africa; 1. Introduction; 2. The Whinnom formula; 3. African-based pidgins and creoles; 4. Triglossic language-contact environments; 5. Non-pidginized African vehiculars; 6. Diglossia versus triglossia; Notes; References; Towards an ethnography of language shift: goals and methods; 1. Introduction; 2. First steps towards a typology of language contact situations; 3. Investigating language shift: some general remarks
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4. What exactly is the ethnography of language shift?5. Towards an ethnography of language shift; 6. The interdependency between goals and methods; 7. The ethnography of language shift applied: shifting from Siyeyi to Setswana in northwestern Botswana; 7. 1. The setting; 7.2. Reconstructing unstable bilingualism among the Yeyi population; 7.3. Language choice and attitudes among different generations of Siyeyi speakers; 7.4. Linguistic consequences of the language shift process; 8. Conclusions; Notes; References; Language shift and sentence processing in Moroccan Arabic; 1. Introduction
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2. Sentence processing and bilingualism3. MA in the Netherlands; 3. 1. General demographic data; 3.2. Home Language use and proficiency; 4. Sentence processing and language shift; 4.1. The cue validity experiment; 4.2. Results and discussion; 5. Conclusions; Note; References; Is airbagging hip or mega-out? A new dictionary of anglicisms; 1. Introduction; 2. Anglicisms and ways to describe them; 2.1. Is airbagging hip?; 2.2. Aliens and denizens; 2.3. Calques; 2.4. The classification of loanwords; 3. Anglicisms in international contrast; 4. Data collection for the UDASEL
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5. The status of the individual words in the 16 languages described
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 90-272-1831-5
Sprache:
Englisch
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