Languages in contact (engelsk)

Cover -- Half title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Perspectives on contact -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Contact phenomena -- 1.3 The Asian perspective -- 1.4 Globalisation and contact -- 1.5 Languages in contact for today's scholar -- 2 Contact and code choice -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Allocating languages in society -- 2.3 Code switching -- 2.4 Mixed code as default -- 2.5 Mixing for meaning -- 2.6 Concluding remarks -- 3 Contact and creole formation -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Focus on Universal Grammar -- 3.3 Focus on lexifiers -- 3.4 Focus on substrates -- 3.5 Focus on transfer in second language acquisition -- 3.6 Discussion -- 3.7 Concluding remarks -- 4 Contact and language evolution -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The Creole Prototype -- 4.3 The evolutionary approach -- 4.4 Contact language formation in evolutionary terms -- 4.5 Concluding remarks -- 5 Contact and ecology -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Discourse particles -- 5.3 Tone -- 5.4 Reflections on the significance of ecology -- 6 Contact and shift -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Language shift -- 6.3 Language endangerment -- 6.4 The case of Sri Lanka Malay -- 6.5 Concluding remarks -- 7 Contact and globalisation -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Contact outcomes of computer-mediated communication -- 7.3 Contact opportunities in the globalised new economy -- 7.4 Contact in globalised urban and rural populations -- 7.5 Contact in popular culture -- 7.6 Reflections on globalisation and contact -- 8 Reflections and future directions -- 8.1 The state of our field -- 8.2 Ongoing debates -- 8.3 Current and future directions -- 8.4 Concluding remarks -- References -- Index