Bilingualism in the Community

Code-switching and Grammars in Contact

AvRena Torres Cacoullos,Catherine E. Travis

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Does the use of two languages by bilinguals inevitably bring about grammatical change? Does switching between languages serve as a catalyst in such change? It is widely held that linguistic code-switching inherently promotes grammatical convergence - languages becoming more similar to each other through contact; evidence for this, however, remains elusive. A model of how to study language contact scientifically, Bilingualism in the Community highlights variation patterns in speech, using a new bilingual corpus of English and Spanish spontaneously produced by the same speakers. Putting forward quantitative diagnostics of grammatical similarity, it shows how bilinguals' two languages differ from each other, aligning with their respective monolingual benchmarks. The authors argue that grammatical change through contact is far from a foregone conclusion in bilingual communities, where speakers are adept at keeping their languages together, yet separate. The book is compelling reading for anyone interested in bilingualism and its importance in society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-02
Mått:153 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:350 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:258
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108402415

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Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Rena Torres Cacoullos is Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at the Pennsylvania State University and editor-in-chief of Language Variation and Change. Catherine Travis is Professor of Modern European Languages at the Australian National University, and a Chief Investigator in the Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language.

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'This book takes us out of our comfort zone in critically examining the evidence for supposed convergence between Spanish and English in the Southwestern United States. It sets new standards in language contact research and the team of Rena Torres Cacoullos and Catherine Travis has produced an impeccable study, using state of the art methodology and analytical tools.' Pieter Muysken, Radboud University, Nijmegen

Innehållsförteckning

1. Language contact through the lens of variation; 2. The community basis of bilingual phenomena; 3. Good data: Capturing language use; 4. Characterizing the bilingual speaker; 5. Subject pronoun expression: reconsidering the constraints; 6. Cross-language comparisons: foundations for assessing contact-induced change; 7. Assessing change and continuity; 8. The most intimate contact: the bilinguals' two languages; 9. Code-switching without convergence; 10. Code-switching and priming; 11. Bilingualism in its linguistic and social context.