Code Copying : : The Strength of Languages in Take-Over and Carry-over Roles / / Lars Johanson.

"This book presents Lars Johanson's Code-Copying Model, an integrated framework for the description of contact-induced processes. The model covers all the main contact linguistic issues in their synchronic and diachronic interrelationship. The terminology is kept intuitive and simple to ap...

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Superior document:Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture Series ; Volume 38
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; Volume 38.
Physical Description:1 online resource (165 pages)
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Summary:"This book presents Lars Johanson's Code-Copying Model, an integrated framework for the description of contact-induced processes. The model covers all the main contact linguistic issues in their synchronic and diachronic interrelationship. The terminology is kept intuitive and simple to apply. Illustrative examples from a wide range of languages demonstrate the model's applicability to both spoken and written codes. The fundamental difference between 'take-over' copying and 'carry-over' copying is given special value. Speakers can take over copies from a secondary code into their own primary code, or alternatively carry over copies from their own primary code into their variety of a secondary code. The results of these two types of copying are significantly different and thus provide insights into historical processes"--
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9004548459
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Lars Johanson.