The Changing Languages Of Europe
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The Changing Languages Of Europe
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Author : Bernd Heine
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-06-22
The Changing Languages Of Europe written by Bernd Heine and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The languages and dialects of Europe, this book shows, are becoming increasingly alike. Furthermore this unifying process goes at least as far back as the Roman empire, is accelerating, and affects every one of Europe's 150 or so languages including those of different families such as Basque and Finnish. The changes are by no means restricted to lexical borrowing but involve every grammatical aspect of the language. They are usually so minute that neither native speakers nor trained linguists notice them. But they accumulate and give rise to new grammatical structures that lead in turn to new patterns of areal relationship. Professor Heine and Professor Kuteva look for the causes of linguistic change in cultural and economic exchanges across national and regional boundaries and in the processes that occur when speakers learn or are in close contact with another language. Testing their data and conclusions against findings from elsewhere in the world, the authors reconstruct and reveal when, how, and why common grammatical structures have evolved and continue to evolve in processes of change that will, they argue, transform the linguistic landscape of Europe. The book is written in clear, non-technical language. It will appeal to scholars and students of language change and variation in Europe and elsewhere. It will also interest everyone concerned to understand the nature of language and language change.
The Changing Languages Of Europe
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Author : Bernd Heine
language : en
Publisher: OUP UK
Release Date : 2006-06-22
The Changing Languages Of Europe written by Bernd Heine and has been published by OUP UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
"Professor Heine and Professor Kuteva look for the causes of linguistic change in cultural and economic exchanges across national and regional boundaries and in the processes that occur when speakers learn or are in close contact with another language. Testing their data and conclusions against findings from elsewhere in the world, the authors reconstruct and reveal when, how, and why common grammatical structures have evolved and continue to evolve in processes of change that will, they argue, transform the linguistic landscape of Europe." "The book is written in clear, non-technical language. It will appeal to scholars and students of language change and variation in Europe and elsewhere. It will also interest everyone concerned to understand the nature of language and language change."--BOOK JACKET.
Dialect Change
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Author : Peter Auer
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2005-06-17
Dialect Change written by Peter Auer and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
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The German Language In A Changing Europe
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Author : Michael G. Clyne
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1995-11-16
The German Language In A Changing Europe written by Michael G. Clyne and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-11-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Recent sociopolitical events have profoundly changed the status and functions of German and influenced its usage. In this study (published by Cambridge in 1984) Michael Clyne revises and expands his original analysis of the German language in Language and Society in the German-speaking Countries in the light of such changes as the end of the Cold War, German unification, the redrawing of the map of Europe, increasing European integration, and the changing self-images of Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. His discussion includes the differences in the form, function and status of the various national varieties of German; the relation between standard and non-standard varieties; gender, generational and political variation; Anglo-American influence on German; and the convergence of east and west. The result is a wide-ranging exploration of language and society in the German-speaking countries, all of which have problems or dilemmas concerning nationhood or ethnicity which are language-related and/or language-marked.
Geographical Development Of European Languages
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Author : Grover S. Krantz
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Release Date : 1988
Geographical Development Of European Languages written by Grover S. Krantz and has been published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Anthropological linguistics categories.
This work presents a natural approach to reconstructing the geography of prehistoric languages in Europe. Ethnic movements are described as predictable results of just a few cultural innovations such as the origin of agriculture, empire building, and the mold-board plow - all fitted to the changing environment. All recent European language distributions are shown to follow automatically from these describable causes, and no -historical- events or personalities need to be invoked to explain any of them."
Europe And The Politics Of Language
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Author : Máiréad Nic Craith
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-12-14
Europe And The Politics Of Language written by Máiréad Nic Craith and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-14 with Political Science categories.
Do political boundaries impact on concepts of language? How significant is language for citizenship in contemporary Europe? Can disputed languages acquire full status? Should non-European languages receive recognition from the EU? These are among the many questions explored in this new study of official, regional and disputed languages in an ever-changing European context. Broad policy issues and the performance of the range of instruments of policy at local, national and European levels are illustrated with reference to case studies across Europe.
Language In A Changing Europe
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Author : British Association for Applied Linguistics. Meeting
language : en
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Release Date : 1995
Language In A Changing Europe written by British Association for Applied Linguistics. Meeting and has been published by Multilingual Matters this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume contains papers presented at the Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics held at the University of Salford, in September 1993. They illustrate the breadth and diversity of research in the field.
The History Of Negation In The Languages Of Europe And The Mediterranean
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Author : Anne Breitbarth
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020-03-25
The History Of Negation In The Languages Of Europe And The Mediterranean written by Anne Breitbarth and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-25 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This is the second book in a two-volume comparative history of negation in the languages of Europe and the Mediterranean. The work integrates typological, general, and theoretical research, documents patterns and directions of change in negation across languages, and examines the linguistic and social factors that lie behind such changes. The aim of both volumes is to set out an integrated framework for understanding the syntax of negation and how it changes. While the first volume (OUP, 2013) presented linked case studies of particular languages and language groups, this second volume constructs a holistic approach to explaining the patterns of historical change found in the languages of Europe and the Mediterranean over the last millennium. It identifies typical developments found repeatedly in the histories of different languages and explores their origins, as well as investigating the factors that determine whether change proceeds rapidly, slowly, or not at all. Language-internal factors such as the interaction of syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and the biases inherent in child language acquisition, are investigated alongside language-external factors such as imposition, convergence, and borrowing. The book proposes an explicit formal account of language-internal and contact-induced change for both the expression of sentential negation ('not') and negative indefinites ('anyone', 'nothing'). It sheds light on the major ways in which negative systems develop, on the nature of syntactic change, and indeed on linguistic change more generally, demonstrating the insights that large-scale comparison of linguistic histories can offer.
The Ancient Languages Of Europe
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Author : Roger D. Woodard
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-04-10
The Ancient Languages Of Europe written by Roger D. Woodard and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-10 with Foreign Language Study categories.
This book, derived from the acclaimed Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages, describes the ancient languages of Europe, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter of the work focuses on an individual language or, in some instances, a set of closely related varieties of a language. Providing a full descriptive presentation, each of these chapters examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of that language, and places the language within its proper linguistic and historical context. The volume brings together an international array of scholars, each a leading specialist in ancient language study. While designed primarily for scholars and students of linguistics, this work will prove invaluable to all whose studies take them into the realm of ancient language.
Standard Languages And Language Standards In A Changing Europe
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Author : Tore Kristiansen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Standard Languages And Language Standards In A Changing Europe written by Tore Kristiansen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Linguistics categories.