22.4862, Qs: Colonial Languages in Contact

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Subject: 22.4862, Qs: Colonial Languages in Contact

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Date: 05-Dec-2011
From: Théodore Stern [sterntheo at gmail.com]
Subject: Colonial Languages in Contact


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Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:36:00
From: Théodore Stern [sterntheo at gmail.com]
Subject: Colonial Languages in Contact

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I am currently writing a master's thesis at the University of Montréal on 
instances of language transfer in the context of language contact 
between Québécois French and English in Québec.  A number of 
syntactic and phonetic transfers and modifications in response to the 
other contact language have been observed, and it is the goal of the 
study to accurately attribute changes to the contact situation, and not 
to the variations and changes that have occured since Québec French 
separation from standard European in the mid 18th century.
The nature of my query concerns (what I believe) to be the only other 
similar sociolinguistic situation; that is, the contact situation between 
Afrikaans and South African English. Afrikaans has a patron in Dutch, 
as Quebec French does in Norman French of the 17th century.  Both 
had little contact with their patron language and fell into an uneven 
sociolinguistic relationship with English.  Both have acheived 
standardisation (Quebec French opting for a return to Standard French 
norms, Afrikaans choosing to standardise their variety).  In botch 
cases, both English and Afrikaans/Quebec French occupy priviledged 
positions alongside one another.  

My query is destined to researchers who have worked with language 
contact and have some familiarity with Afrikaans (any variety).  I am 
seeking any insightful information into interference, transfer, or contact 
phenomena that have been observed or at least anecdotally seen.  
Also, if there is any research into which Afrikaans features are 
ambiguous as to whether they should be treated as divergence from 
their Dutch patron or whether they should be attributed to contact (with 
English or otherwise).  I am primarily interested in prosodic, rhythmic, 
and other suprasegmental transfer, but any information (syntactic, 
segmental, etc) would be greatly appreciated.
Additionally, in order to to observe and do my own analysis, I am 
inquiring into the existence and/or pertinence of any recorded 
Afrikaans corpora.
Thank you 

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics





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