A Corpus-Driven Approach to Language Contact

A Corpus-Driven Approach to Language Contact
Authors
Adamou, Evangelia
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Date
2016-01-29T00:00:00+00:00
Size
8.55 MB
Lang
en
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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 establish patterns of multilingual speech prevailing in different communities and allow for crosslinguistic comparison.