Language Contact In Sanandaj

Author : Geoffrey Khan,Masoud Mohammadirad
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9783111209180

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Language Contact in Sanandaj by Geoffrey Khan,Masoud Mohammadirad Pdf

This book is a detailed study of contact-induced change in the Neo-Aramaic dialect of the Jews of Sanandaj, a town in western Iran. Since its foundation in early 17th century, the city has been home to a significant Jewish community. The Jewish Neo-Aramaic dialect of the town displays different historical layers of contact with various Iranian languages over the course of many centuries. The Iranian languages in question are Gorani, Kurdish, and Persian. Among these, Gorani has had a particularly deep impact on Jewish Neo-Aramaic, whereas the impact of Kurdish, and especially Persian, remains superficial. Jewish Neo-Aramaic records a history of language shift from Gorani to Kurdish in the region. The book offers insights into contact-induced change in social contexts in which a language is maintained as a demarcation of communal identity in a multilingual setting.

Author : Geoffrey Khan, Masoud Mohammadirad
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 845 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783111210070

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Language Contact in Sanandaj by Geoffrey Khan, Masoud Mohammadirad Pdf

Author : Anthony P. Grant
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199945108

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The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact by Anthony P. Grant Pdf

Every language has been influenced in some way by other languages. In many cases, this influence is reflected in words which have been absorbed from other languages as the names for newer items or ideas, such as perestroika, manga, or intifada (from Russian, Japanese, and Arabic respectively). In other cases, the influence of other languages goes deeper, and includes the addition of new sounds, grammatical forms, and idioms to the pre-existing language. For example, English's structure has been shaped in such a way by the effects of Norse, French, Latin, and Celtic--though English is not alone in its openness to these influences. Any features can potentially be transferred from one language to another if the sociolinguistic and structural circumstances allow for it. Further, new languages--pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages--can come into being as the result of language contact. In thirty-three chapters, The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact examines the various forms of contact-induced linguistic change and the levels of language which have provided instances of these influences. In addition, it provides accounts of how language contact has affected some twenty languages, spoken and signed, from all parts of the world. Chapters are written by experts and native-speakers from years of research and fieldwork. Ultimately, this Handbook provides an authoritative account of the possibilities and products of contact-induced linguistic change.

Author : Sarah Grey Thomason
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110692832

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Language Contact by Sarah Grey Thomason Pdf

The ideal introduction to language contact for students at all levels. It has been accessibly written by a leading expert in the field.

Author : Lars Johanson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136828379

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Structural Factors in Turkic Language Contacts by Lars Johanson Pdf

Turkic languages present particularly rich sources of data for the study of language contact, given the number and diversity of languages with which they have been in contact. Many common, false generalisations are laid bare and the methodology used in evaluating particular instances of language contact can also be used with profit by students of languages other than the Turkic.

Author : Bhim Lal Gautam
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783030688103

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Language Contact in Nepal by Bhim Lal Gautam Pdf

This book examines language contact and shift in Nepal, a multilingual context where language attitudes and policies often reflect the complex socio-cultural and socio-political relationship between minority, majority and endangered languages and peoples. Presenting the results of a 15-year study and making use of both quantitative and qualitative data, the author presents evidence relating to speakers' opinions and perceptions of mother tongues including English, Hindi, Nepali, Sherpa, Dotyali, Jumli and Tharu. This book explores an under-studied part of the world, and the findings will be relevant to scholars working in other multilingual contexts in fields including language policy and planning, language contact and change, and language attitudes and ideologies.

Author : Uriel Weinreich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Bilingualism
ISBN : UCSC:32106010865597

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Languages in Contact by Uriel Weinreich Pdf

Author : Hendrik Boeschoten,Lars Johanson
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Languages in contact
ISBN : 3447052120

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Turkic Languages in Contact by Hendrik Boeschoten,Lars Johanson Pdf

The volume contains contributions on contact-induced language change in situations in which one of the languages is a Turkic one. Most papers deal with cases of long-standing language contact. The geographic areas covered include the Balkans (Macedonian Turkish, Gagauz), Western Europe (Turkish-German, Turkish-Dutch contacts), Central Europe (Karaim), Turkey (Turkish-Kurdish, Turkish-Greek contacts, Old Ottoman Turkish), Iran (Turkic-Iranian contacts) and Siberia (Yakut-Tungusic contacts). The contributions focus on various phenomena of code interaction and on various types of structural changes in different contact settings. Several authors employ the Code Copying Model, which is presented in some detail in one of the articles.

Author : Peter Bakker,Yaron Matras
Publisher : ISSN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1501512676

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Contact Languages by Peter Bakker,Yaron Matras Pdf

This series offers a wide forum for work on contact linguistics, using an integrated approach to both diachronic and synchronic manifestations of contact, ranging from social and individual aspects to structural-typological issues. Topics covered by the series include child and adult bilingualism and multilingualism, contact languages, borrowing and contact-induced typological change, code switching in conversation, societal multilingualism, bilingual language processing, and various other topics related to language contact. The series does not have a fixed theoretical orientation, and includes contributions from a variety of approaches.

Author : Sarah Grey Thomason
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027252395

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Contact Languages by Sarah Grey Thomason Pdf

This book contributes to a more balanced view of the most dramatic results of language contact by presenting linguistic and historical sketches of lesser-known contact languages. The twelve case studies offer eloquent testimony against the still common view that all contact languages are pidgins and creoles with maximally simple and essentially identical grammars. They show that some contact languages are neither pidgins nor creoles, and that even pidgins and creoles can display considerable structural diversity and structural complexity; they also show that two-language contact situations can give rise to pidgins, especially when access to a target language is withheld by its speakers. The chapters are arranged according to language type: three focus on pidgins (Hiri Motu, by Tom Dutton; Pidgin Delaware, by Ives Goddard; and Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin, by George L. Huttar and Frank J. Velantie), two on creoles (Kituba, by Salikoko S. Mufwene, and Sango, by Helma Pasch), one on a set of pidgins and creoles (Arabic-based contact languages, by Jonathan Owens), one on the question of early pidginization and/or creolization in Swahili (by Derek Nurse), and five on bilingual mixed languages (Michif, by Peter Bakker and Robert A. Papen; Media Lengua and Callahuaya, both by Pieter Muysken; and Mednyj Aleut and Ma'a, both by Sarah Thomason). The authors' collective goal is to help offset the traditional emphasis, within contact-language studies, on pidgins and creoles that arose as an immediate result of contact with Europeans, starting in the Age of Exploration. The accumulation of case studies on a wide diversity of languages is needed to create a body of knowledge substantial enough to support robust generalizations about the nature and development of all types of contact language.

Author : Yaron Matras
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139480529

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Language Contact by Yaron Matras Pdf

Most societies in today's world are multilingual. 'Language contact' occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence each other. This book is an introduction to the subject, covering individual and societal multilingualism, the acquisition of two or more languages from birth, second language acquisition in adulthood, language change, linguistic typology, language processing and the structure of the language faculty. It explains the effects of multilingualism on society and language policy, as well as the consequences that long-term bilingualism within communities can have for the structure of languages. Drawing on the author's own first-hand observations of child and adult bilingualism, the book provides a clear analysis of such phenomena as language convergence, grammatical borrowing, and mixed languages.

Author : Geoffrey Haig,Geoffrey Khan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110421682

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The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia by Geoffrey Haig,Geoffrey Khan Pdf

The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language families, including Indo-European, Kartvelian, Semitic, and Turkic, but share numerous features on account of being in areal contact over many centuries. This volume presents descriptions of the modern languages, contributed by leading specialists, and evaluates similarities across the languages that may have arisen by areal contact. It begins with an introductory chapter presenting an overview of the various genetic groupings in the region and summarizing some of the significant features and issues relating to language contact. In the core of the volume the presentation of the languages is divided into five contact areas, which include (i) eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran, (ii) northern Iraq, (iii) western Iran, (iv) the Caspian region and south Azerbaijan, and (v) the Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast. Each section contains chapters devoted to the languages of the area preceded by an introductory section that highlights significant contact phenomena. The volume is rounded off by an appendix with basic lexical items across a selection of the languages. The handbook features contributions by Erik Anonby, Denise Bailey, Christiane Bulut, David Erschler, Geoffrey Haig, Geoffrey Khan, Rene Lacroix, Parvin Mahmoudveysi, Hrach Martirosyan, Ludwig Paul, Stephan Procházka, Laurentia Schreiber, Don Stilo, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali, Christina van der Wal Anonby.

Author : Lotfi Sayahi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780521119368

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Diglossia and Language Contact by Lotfi Sayahi Pdf

The book will appeal to anyone interested in language contact, the Arabic language, and North Africa. It uses sociohistorical information and a wide range of data sets, including electronic communication, to provide a comprehensive picture of the past and present language situation in the region.

Author : W. Wölck,Wolfgang Wölck
Publisher : Dummler
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020408832

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Recent Studies in Contact Linguistics by W. Wölck,Wolfgang Wölck Pdf

Author : Hiwa Asadpour,Thomas Jügel
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110790368

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Word Order Variation by Hiwa Asadpour,Thomas Jügel Pdf

In the Iranic-Semitic-Turkic contact area, where many languages are described as verb-final, ‘Targets’ (Goals, Recipients, etc.) tend to appear in the immediate postverbal position, a pattern violating the alleged ‘basic word order’. Investigating empirical material, the present volume examines the idea of its contact-induced origin by combining various languages from inside and outside this contact area: the Greek variety Romeyka, Indic Domari, Iranic Balochi Kurdish, Middle Persian, Parthian, Bactrian and Sogdian, Nilotic Maa, Semitic Arabic and Aramaic, Sibiran and Iran-Turkic. The contributors investigate word order variation of transitive, ditransitive, and copula structures as well as intransitives with Targets. Their analyses highlight the relevance of grammatical, discourse-pragmatic, and cognitive principles. The volume highlights the importance of Target structures for linguistic theory by offering new perspectives and will be of interest to typologists and linguists interested in word order variation and information structure.