Corpus-driven approach to language contact : endangered languages in a comparative perspective /

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This book proposes a corpus-driven approach to language contact based on the study of endangered languages. Drawing on variationist and language contact frameworks, it presents an analysis of spoken corpora from Europe and Mexico using a combination of criteria. The aim of this approach is to establ...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Adamou, Evangelia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter, 2016.
Series:Language Contact and Bilingualism LCB.
Subjects:
Endangered languages > Cross-cultural studies.
Languages in contact > Cross-cultural studies.
Linguistic change > Cross-cultural studies.
Comparative linguistics.
Langues menacées > Études transculturelles.
Langues en contact > Études transculturelles.
Changement linguistique > Études transculturelles.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Alphabets & Writing Systems.
Comparative linguistics
Endangered languages
Languages in contact
Linguistic change
Bedrohte Sprache
Sprachtod
Sprachkontakt
Korpus > Linguistik
Cross-cultural studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface ; Table of contents ; List of figures ; List of tables ; Abbreviations ; 1 Introduction ; 1.1 Contact linguistics ; 1.2 Language contact in endangered languages ; 1.3 Corpus-driven analysis of language contact ; 1.4 Overview of this book ; 2 Data collection and annotation.
  • 2.1 Data collection 2.2 The sample ; 2.3 Transcription and annotation ; 2.4 Corpus size ; 2.5 Corpus accessibility ; 3 Overall composition of a multilingual corpus ; 3.1 Background ; 3.1.1 Corpora with 0?5% contact words ; 3.1.1.1 The Ixcatec-Spanish corpora.
  • 3.1.1.2 The Balkan Slavic-Greek corpora 3.1.1.3 The Colloquial Upper Sorbian- and the Burgenland Croatian-German corpora ; 3.1.2 Corpora with 20?35% contact words ; 3.1.2.1 The Thrace Romani-Turkish-Greek and the Finnish Romani-Finnish corpora ; 3.1.2.2 The Molise Slavic-Italian corpora.
  • 3.2 Discussion 4 Borrowing or codeswitching? ; 4.1 Background ; 4.2 Degree of composition and flagging ; 4.2.1 The Balkan Slavic Nashta-Greek corpus ; 4.2.2 The Ixcatec-Spanish corpus ; 4.2.3 The Thrace Romani-Turkish-Greek corpus ; 4.2.4 The Finnish Romani-Finnish corpus.
  • 4.3 Word classes 4.3.1 The Ixcatec-Spanish corpus ; 4.3.2 The Balkan Slavic Nashta-Greek corpus ; 4.3.3 The Romani corpora ; 4.4 Lexical semantic fields ; 4.4.1 The Ixcatec-Spanish corpora ; 4.4.2 The Balkan Slavic-Greek corpora ; 4.4.3 The Thrace Romani-Turkish-Greek corpus.

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