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Bilingualism in the Community - Code-switching and Grammars in Contact (Paperback)
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Bilingualism in the Community - Code-switching and Grammars in Contact (Paperback)
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Does the use of two languages by bilinguals inevitably bring about
grammatical change? Does switching between languages serve as a
catalyst in such change? It is widely held that linguistic
code-switching inherently promotes grammatical convergence -
languages becoming more similar to each other through contact;
evidence for this, however, remains elusive. A model of how to
study language contact scientifically, Bilingualism in the
Community highlights variation patterns in speech, using a new
bilingual corpus of English and Spanish spontaneously produced by
the same speakers. Putting forward quantitative diagnostics of
grammatical similarity, it shows how bilinguals' two languages
differ from each other, aligning with their respective monolingual
benchmarks. The authors argue that grammatical change through
contact is far from a foregone conclusion in bilingual communities,
where speakers are adept at keeping their languages together, yet
separate. The book is compelling reading for anyone interested in
bilingualism and its importance in society.
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