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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792075103321

Titolo

The interplay of variation and change in contact settings [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Isabelle Léglise, Claudine Chamoreau

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013

ISBN

1-299-24101-8

90-272-7248-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Studies in language variation, , 1872-9592 ; ; v. 12

Altri autori (Persone)

LégliseIsabelle

ChamoreauClaudine

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Languages in contact

Language and languages - Variation

Grammar, Comparative and general - Morphosyntax

Sociolinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Types and outcomes of variation in multilingual settings -- pt. 2. The role of ongoing variation in contact-induced change.

Sommario/riassunto

In Pomak (Greece), we attest to the loss of a morphologically overt expression of mediate information, passing through a stage of variation (determined by syntactic, semantic, and discursive criteria). This change takes place in a trilingual setting where the main contact language (Greek) has no grammaticalized form to express mediate information, while the second contact language (Turkish), has a verbal past paradigm specialized for evidentiality. This phenomenon is analyzed within a multiple causation approach in which language contact acts as a catalyst.