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Article: Contact, typology and the speaker: The essentials of language
Title | Contact, typology and the speaker: The essentials of language |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Acquisition Language Contact And Change Multilingualism Southeast Asia Typology |
Issue Date | 2004 |
Publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/langsci |
Citation | Language Sciences, 2004, v. 26 n. 5, p. 485-494 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper focuses on some of the theoretical assumptions presented in Enfield, 2003 (Review of 'Enfield, N.J., 2003. Linguistic Epidemiology: Semantics and grammar of language contact in mainland Southeast Asia. Routledge Curzon, London and New York, pp. xv + 397') and their consequences for contemporary linguistic theory. In particular, I revisit three fundamental dimensions underlying language contact: multilingual practices of speech communities, modes of transmission and typological diversity. These three dimensions, I argue, are not only the reasons for contact to occur but the fundamental driving forces behind language change (and variation) at large. In this view, the dichotomy typically presented as 'contact-induced' or 'external' vs. 'normal' or 'internal' change needs to be significantly revised, if not dissolved, since a non-idealized view of language change as the one advocated by Enfield presents us with a reality in which the role of contact can hardly ever be overlooked. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/179513 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.419 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Ansaldo, U | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-12-19T09:58:07Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-12-19T09:58:07Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Language Sciences, 2004, v. 26 n. 5, p. 485-494 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0388-0001 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/179513 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper focuses on some of the theoretical assumptions presented in Enfield, 2003 (Review of 'Enfield, N.J., 2003. Linguistic Epidemiology: Semantics and grammar of language contact in mainland Southeast Asia. Routledge Curzon, London and New York, pp. xv + 397') and their consequences for contemporary linguistic theory. In particular, I revisit three fundamental dimensions underlying language contact: multilingual practices of speech communities, modes of transmission and typological diversity. These three dimensions, I argue, are not only the reasons for contact to occur but the fundamental driving forces behind language change (and variation) at large. In this view, the dichotomy typically presented as 'contact-induced' or 'external' vs. 'normal' or 'internal' change needs to be significantly revised, if not dissolved, since a non-idealized view of language change as the one advocated by Enfield presents us with a reality in which the role of contact can hardly ever be overlooked. © 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Pergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/langsci | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Language Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject | Acquisition | en_US |
dc.subject | Language Contact And Change | en_US |
dc.subject | Multilingualism | en_US |
dc.subject | Southeast Asia | en_US |
dc.subject | Typology | en_US |
dc.title | Contact, typology and the speaker: The essentials of language | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Ansaldo, U: ansaldo@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Ansaldo, U=rp01203 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.langsci.2003.11.004 | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-3042587724 | en_US |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-3042587724&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 26 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 485 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 494 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000222719300004 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_US |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Ansaldo, U=6508176124 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0388-0001 | - |