UID:
almahu_9947409065102882
Format:
1 online resource :
,
illustrations (black and white)
ISBN:
9780190256401 (ebook) :
Content:
This work focuses on the process of lexical borrowing: how bilinguals introduce and adapt foreign items into recipient-language grammatical structure; how these forms diffuse across speakers and communities; how long they persist in real time; and whether they change over the duration. Building on more than three decades of original research, Shana Poplack demystifies the phenomenon of borrowing as practiced by bilinguals in the context of their speech communities.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780190256388
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
