32.2735, Books: German(ic) in language contact: Zimmer (ed.)

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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2021 21:39:47
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: German(ic) in language contact: Zimmer (ed.)

 


Title: German(ic) in language contact 
Subtitle: Grammatical and sociolinguistic dynamics 
Series Title: Language Variation  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/305 


Editor: Christian Zimmer

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961103133 Pages: 228 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

It is well-known that contact between speakers of different languages or
varieties leads to dynamics in many respects. From a grammatical perspective,
especially contact between closely related languages/varieties fosters
contact-induced innovations. The evaluation of such innovations reveals
speakers’ attitudes and is in turn an important aspect of the sociolinguistic
dynamics linked to language contact. In this volume, we assemble studies on
such settings where typologically congruent languages are in contact, i.e.
language contact within the Germanic branch of the Indo-European language
family. Languages involved include Afrikaans, Danish, English, Frisian, (Low
and High) German, and Yiddish. The main focus is on constellations where a
variety of German is involved (which is why we use the term ‘German(ic)’ in
this book).

So far, studies on language contact with Germanic varieties have often been
separated according to the different migration scenarios at hand, which
resulted in somewhat different research traditions. For example, the so-called
Sprachinselforschung (research on ‘language islands’) has mainly been
concerned with settings caused by emigration from the continuous
German-speaking area in Central Europe to locations in Central and Eastern
Europe and overseas, thus resulting in some variety of German abroad. However,
from a linguistic point of view it does not seem to be necessary to
distinguish categorically between contact scenarios within and outside of
Central Europe if one thoroughly considers the impact of sociolinguistic
circumstances, including the ecology of the languages involved (such as, for
instance, German being the majority language and the monolingual habitus
prevailing in Germany, but completely different constellations elsewhere).
Therefore, we focus on language contact as such in this book, not on specific
migration scenarios. Accordingly, this volume includes chapters on language
contact within and outside of (Central) Europe. In addition, the settings
studied differ as regards the composition and the vitality of the languages
involved. The individual chapters view language contact from a
grammar-theoretical perspective, focus on lesser studied contact settings
(e.g. German in Namibia), make use of new corpus linguistic resources, analyse
data quantitatively, study language contact phenomena in computer-mediated
communication, and/or focus on the interplay of language use and language
attitudes or ideologies. These different approaches and the diversity of the
scenarios allow us to study many different aspects of the dynamics induced by
language contact. With this volume, we hope to exploit this potential in order
to shed some new light on the interplay of language contact, variation and
change, and the concomitant sociolinguistic dynamics. Particularly, we hope to
contribute to a better understanding of closely related varieties in contact.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Language Family(ies): Germanic


Written In: English  (eng)

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