Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas : In honor of John V. Singler EPUB
Edited by Cutler Cecelia Cutler, Vrzic Zvjezdana Vrzic, Angermeyer Philipp Angermeyer
Part of the Creole Language Library series
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Language Contact in Africa and the African Diaspora in the Americas brings together the original research of nineteen leading scholars on language contact and pidgin/creole genesis. In recent decades, increasing attention has been paid to the role of historical, cultural and demographic factors in language contact situations. John Victor Singler's body of work, a model of what such a research paradigm should look like, strikes a careful balance between sociohistorical and linguistic analysis. The case studies in this volume present investigations into the sociohistorical matrix of language contact and critical insights into the sociolinguistic consequences of language contact within Africa and the African Diaspora. Additionally, they contribute to ongoing debates about pidgin/creole genesis and language contact by examining and comparing analyses and linguistic outcomes of particular sociohistorical and cultural contexts, and considering less-studied factors such as speaker agency and identity in the emergence, nativization, and stabilization of contact varieties.
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- Pages:377 pages
- Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Publication Date:12/07/2017
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:377 pages
- Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Publication Date:12/07/2017
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- ISBN:9789027265449