30.3377, Books: Diglossia and Language Contact: Sayahi

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Subject: 30.3377, Books: Diglossia and Language Contact: Sayahi

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Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2019 09:55:37
From: Louise Bowes [lbowes at cambridge.org]
Subject: Diglossia and Language Contact: Sayahi

 


Title: Diglossia and Language Contact 
Subtitle: Language Variation and Change in North Africa 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/diglossia-and-language-contact-language-variation-and-change-north-africa?format=PB 


Author: Lotfi Sayahi

Paperback: ISBN:  9781316645352 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 31.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781316645352 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 23.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781316645352 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 28.00


Abstract:

This volume provides a detailed analysis of language contact in North Africa
and explores the historical presence of the languages used in the region,
including the different varieties of Arabic and Berber as well as European
languages. Using a wide range of data sets, it provides a comprehensive
analysis of the mechanisms of language contact under classical diglossia and
societal bilingualism, examining multiple cases of oral and written
code-switching. It also describes contact-induced lexical and structural
change in such situations and discusses the possible appearance of new
varieties within the context of diglossia. Examples from past diglossic
situations are examined, including the situation in Muslim Spain and the
Maltese Islands. An analysis of the current situation of Arabic vernaculars,
not only in the Maghreb but also in other Arabic-speaking areas, is also
presented. This book will appeal to anyone interested in language contact, the
Arabic language, and North Africa.

1. Introduction; 2. The languages of the Maghreb; 3. Diglossia and
bilingualism; 4. Language contact under diglossia and bilingualism; 5. Lexical
borrowing under diglossia and bilingualism; 6. Diglossia and contact-induced
language change; 7. Diglossia and the emergence of new varieties; 8.
Conclusion.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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