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contact-induced change: a standalone construct

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Language contact

language change caused by contact with another language, through borrowing by native speakers or through shift-induced interference by learners.

In language contact, contact-induced change refers to language change caused by contact with another language, through borrowing by native speakers or through shift-induced interference by learners. This meaning comes from Thomason (1988) in Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics.[1]

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borrowing scale1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone construct substrate3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs contact2 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs

References

Thomason, S. G., & Kaufman, T. (1988). Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics. University of California Press. https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520912793

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