Contact languages : ecology and evolution in Asia /

"Why do groups of speakers in certain times and places come up with new varieties of languages? What are the social settings that determine whether a mixed language, a pidgin or a Creole will develop, and how can we understand the ways in which different languages contribute to the new grammar?...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ansaldo, Umberto
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Temas:
Pidgin languages > Southeast Asia.
Creole dialects > Southeast Asia.
Languages in contact > Southeast Asia.
Langues en contact > Asie du Sud-Est.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Creole Languages.
Creole dialects
Languages in contact
Pidgin languages
Southeast Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction. Introduction to contact language formation (CLF)
  • Research questions
  • The role of ecology in Asian contexts
  • Theory of language and CLF
  • CLF beyond exceptional evolution
  • 2. The ecology of Monsoon Asia. Monsoon Asia
  • Sino-Javanese trade
  • The city-ports
  • Manpower in early Southeast Asia
  • The Western impact
  • 3. Linguistic ecologies of Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia and the role of Malay
  • Malay contact varieties
  • Introducing contexts of formation
  • The role of Portuguese in Southeast Asia and Southern China
  • Summary
  • 4. Methodological issues in the study of contact languages. The ideology of theory
  • Multilingualism and transmission
  • Conclusions
  • 5. Contact language formation in evolutionary theory. Competence, performance and socialization
  • Language evolution and contact languages
  • Functionalist assets for contact linguistics
  • Conclusions
  • 6. Congruence and frequency in Sri Lanka Malay. The SLM community
  • Selection and replication in SLM
  • Freeing SLM from the chains of exceptionalism
  • Final remarks
  • 7. Identity alignment in Malay and Asian-Portuguese Diaspora. The ecology of identity alignment
  • Multiple alignments in contact settings
  • Identity alignment and admixture
  • Conclusions
  • 8. Pidgin ecologies of the China coast. Sociohistorical background of Europe-China relations
  • The ecology of Macau and the Pearl River Delta
  • Grammatical features of China Coast Pidgin
  • The missing Makista link?
  • Discussion
  • 9. Implications, conclusions, and new horizons. Theoretical and methodological implications
  • Conclusions and new horizons.

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