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1 online resource |
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Studies in language variation, 1872-9592 ; volume 16 |
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Studies in language variation ; v. 16.
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Machine generated contents note: pt. I Theoretical aspects -- Linguistic stability and divergence: An extended perspective on language contact / Kurt Braunmuller -- Convergence vs. divergence from a diasystematic perspective / Steffen Hoder -- pt. II Empirical studies -- Stability and convergence in case marking: Low and High German / Kristian Berg -- Towards a typological classification of Judeo-Spanish: Analyzing syntax and prosody of Bulgarian judezmo / Elena Kireva -- Despite or because of intensive contact? Internal, external and extralinguistic aspects of divergence in modern dialects and ethnolects of Dutch / Frans Hinskens -- Stability in Chinese and Malay heritage languages as a source of divergence / Francesca Moro -- Does convergence generate stability? The case of the Cypriot Greek koine / Stavroula Tsiplakou -- Gender and noun inflection: The fate of 'vulnerable' categories in Northern Norwegian / Ase Mette Johansen -- Dialect stability and divergence in southern Spain: Social and personal motivations / Antonio M. Avila-Munoz -- Bergen dialect splits in two / Maria-Rosa Doublet -- Diachronic convergence and divergence in differential object marking between Spanish and Portuguese / Hans-Jorg Dohla |
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Comparing the evolution of differential object marking (DOM) in Spanishand Portuguese between the 16th and the 20th c. we discover great differencesbetween the two neighbor languages. Whereas in Spanish we notice a steadyincrease and high degree of grammaticalization of DOM, the graph for thedegree of grammaticalization of DOM in Portuguese resembles a standardizednormal Gaussian distribution with its peak in the 17th c. The increase of objectmarking until the 17th c. is in consequence of convergence towards Spanish dueto the high prestige of the latter language. From the 18th c. onwards diver |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
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Languages in contact.
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Linguistic change.
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Bilingualism.
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Intercultural communication.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Bilingualism
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Intercultural communication
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Languages in contact
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Linguistic change
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Braunmüller, Kurt, 1948- editor.
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Höder, Steffen, editor
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Kühl, Karoline H., editor
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| ISBN |
9789027269553 |
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9027269556 |
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