Modern Greek in Diaspora

An Australian Perspective

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book presents an in-depth fieldwork-based study of the Greek language spoken by immigrants in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia. The study analyzes language contact-induced changes and code switching patterns, by integrating perspectives from contact linguistics and interactional approaches to language use and code switching.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-06-29
Mått:148 x 210 x 18 mm
Vikt:374 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:165
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319908984

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Angeliki Alvanoudi is Lecturer at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and Adjunct Lecturer at the Language and Culture Research Centre, James Cook University, Australia. She is the author of Grammatical Gender in Interaction: Cultural and Cognitive Aspects (2014) and has published articles in the journals Gender and Language and Journal of Greek Linguistics.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Borrowing and contact-induced change.- Chapter 3: Mixing codes.- Chapter 4: Conversational code switching.- Chapter 5: Participant-related code switching.- Chapter 6: What can we conclude?.