Lotfi Sayahi

Diglossia and Language Contact

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Produktbeschreibung

A multilevel analysis of language contact under classical diglossia and societal bilingualism in North Africa.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 548g
• ISBN-13: 9780521119368
• ISBN-10: 0521119367
• Artikelnr.: 40844071

Autorenporträt

Lotfi Sayahi is Associate Professor of Linguistics and Chair in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the State University of New York, Albany, where he teaches courses on sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and language contact.

Inhaltsangabe

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.