Diglossia and Language Contact: Language Variation and Change in North Africa

ISBN-13: 9781316645352 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 269 str.

Lotfi Sayahi

Opis

A multilevel analysis of language contact under classical diglossia and societal bilingualism in North Africa.

Recenzje

'I have found the book as a whole to be very illuminating. It contains a great deal of new information, and also newly-packaged older information.' Uri Horesh, Journal of Sociolinguistics

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. The languages of the Maghreb; 3. Diglossia and bilingualism; 4. Language contact under diglossia and bilingualism; 5. Lexical borrowing under diglossia and bilingualism; 6. Diglossia and contact-induced language change; 7. Diglossia and the emergence of new varieties; 8. Conclusion.