A Corpus-Driven Approach to Language Contact

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A Corpus-Driven Approach to Language Contact

Endangered Languages in a Comparative Perspective

Linguistics

Author: Evangelia Adamou

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Collection: Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]

Language: English

Published by: De Gruyter Mouton

Published on: 29th January 2016

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 260 pages

ISBN: 9781501500657


This book proposes a corpus-driven approach to language contact based on the study of endangered languages. Drawing on variationist and language contact frameworks, it presents an analysis of spoken corpora from Europe and Mexico using a combination of criteria. The aim of this approach is to establish patterns of multilingual speech prevailing in different communities and allow for crosslinguistic comparison.

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