1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779441503321

Titolo

English as a contact language / / edited by Daniel Schreier and Marianne Hundt [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-107-23403-4

1-139-60996-3

1-139-61182-8

1-139-62484-9

1-139-61554-8

0-511-74006-9

1-139-60845-2

1-283-89934-5

1-139-62112-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 388 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studies in English language

Classificazione

LAN009000

Disciplina

420.9

Soggetti

English language - History

English language - Variation

English language - Standardization

Languages in contact

Historical linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Introduction: nothing but a contact language ... / Marianne Hundt and Daniel Schreier -- ; 2. The role of contact in English syntactic change in the Old and Middle English periods / Olga Fischer -- ; 3. Multilingualism and code-switching as mechanisms of contact-induced lexical change in late Middle English / Herbert Schendl -- ; 4. The contact origins of Standard English / Laura Wright -- ; 5. English as a contact language in the British Isles / Juhani Klemola -- ; 6. English as a contact language in Ireland and Scotland / Raymond Hickey -- ; 7. The contact dynamics of socioethnic varieties in North America / Walt Wolfram-- ; 8. English as a contact language: the 'New Englishes' /



Edgar W. Schneider -- ; 9. English as a contact language: lesser-known varieties / Daniel Schreier -- ; 10. The role of mundane mobility and contact in dialect death and dialect birth / David Britain -- ; 11. The diversification of English: old, new and emerging epicenters / Marianne Hundt -- ; 12. Driving forces in English contact linguistics / Salikoko S. Mufwene -- ; 13. Substrate influence and universals in the emergence of contact Englishes: re-evaluating the evidence / Donald Winford -- ; 14. Transfer and contact in migrant and multiethnic communities: the conversational historical be + -ing present in South African Indian English / Rajend Mesthrie -- ; 15. English as a contact language: the role of children and adolescents / Paul Kerswill, Jenny Cheshire, Sue Fox and Eivind Torgersen -- ; 16. Innovation and contact: the role of adults (and children) / Sarah G. Thomason -- ; 17. Accelerator or inhibitor? On the role of substrate influence in interlanguage development / Terence Odlin -- ; 18. Speculating on the future of English as a contact language / Christian Mair.

Sommario/riassunto

Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is on recent debates surrounding substratal influence in earlier forms of English (particularly Celtic influence in Old English), on language shift processes (the formation of Irish and overseas varieties) but also on dialects in contact, the contact origins of Standard English, the notion of new epicentres in World English, the role of children and adults in language change as well as transfer and language learning. With contributions from leading experts, the book offers fresh and exciting perspectives for research and is at the same time an up-to-date overview of the state of the art in the respective fields.



2.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00074750

Autore

BRANDT, Steve Andrew

Titolo

A late quaternary cultural/environmental sequence from Lake Besaka, Soutern Afar, Ethiopia / Steve.     Andrew Brandt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

iii, 382 p., : ill. ; 22     cm

Edizione

[Ann Arbor : University Microfilms International]

Descrizione fisica

Tesi di Laurea, University of California, Berkeley 1982

Disciplina

963.01

Soggetti

SCAVI ARCHEOLOGICI - Etiopia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

3.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00317887

Autore

Torelli, Mario

Titolo

Arte e archeologia del mondo romano / di Mario Torelli, Mauro Menichetti, Gian Luca Grassigli ; schede a cura di Lucio Fiorini, Simona Fortunelli, Marco Giuman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milano, : Longanesi, c2008

ISBN

978-88-304-2236-0

Descrizione fisica

319 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

GRASSIGLI, Gian Luca

MENICHETTI, Mauro

Disciplina

709.37

Soggetti

ARTE ROMANA

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia