The Cambridge Handbook of Language Contact

ISBN-13: 9781009098649 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 700 str.

Salikoko Mufwene; Anna Maria Escobar

Opis

This volume brings together state-of-the-art research on population movement and language change from a team of international scholars.

Recenzje

'With its global scope and inclusive approach, this work offers the most comprehensive overview of language contact to date. With contributions from leading specialists in each topic and region under the leadership of Mufwene and Escobar, the Handbook provides authoritative and state-of-the-art coverage of a vibrant and rapidly evolving field.' Stephen Matthews, University of Hong Kong

Spis treści

List of contributors; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Language contact: what a rich and intellectually stimulating history since the late 19th century! Salikoko S. Mufwene and Anna María Escobar; Part I. Language Contact and Genetic Linguistics: 2. Language contact and historical linguistics Brian D. Joseph; 3. The Chinese expansion and language coexistence in modern China Randy J. LaPolla; 4. Tracing language contact in Africa's past Bonny Sands; 5. Populations in contact: linguistic, archaeological, and genomic evidence for Indo-European diffusion Bridget Drinka; 6. The impact of autochthonous languages on Bantu language variation: a comparative view on southern and central Africa Koen Bostoen and Hilde Gunnink; Part II. Linguistic Areas: 7. The Balkans Victor A. Friedman; 8. The Amazon basin: linguistic areas and language contact Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald; 9. Migration and trade as drivers of language spread and contact in indigenous Latin America Thiago Costa Chacon; 10. Language contact in South Asia Hans Henrich Hock; Part III. Language Spread: 11. The geographic and demographic expansion of Malay James T. Collins; 12. Geographic and demographic spread of Swahili Alamin Mazrui; 13. Arabic language contact Jonathan Owens; Part IV. Emergence and Spread of Some European Languages: 14. The emergence and evolution of romance languages in Europe and the Americas John M. Lipski; 15. The expansion and evolution of Portuguese J. Clancy Clements; 16. French and English in contact in North America Robert A. Papen; 17. French in African contact settings Cécile B. Vigouroux; 18. The geographical and demographic expansion of English Edgar W. Schneider and Sarah Buschfeld; Part V. Language Diasporas: 19. Diasporas: an overview Dirk Hoerder and Henry Yu; 20. Labor migrations: language change in communities and diasporas Dirk Hoerder and Henry Yu; 21. The Korean diaspora Joseph Sung-Yul Park; 22. The Chinese diaspora: language maintenance and loss Sherman Lee; 23. The diachrony of Yiddish and Judaeo-Spanish as contact languages Marie-Christine Bornes Varol and Anne Szulmajster-Celnikier; Author index; Subject index.