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Discourse Traditions are a key concept of diachronic Romance
linguistics. The present manual aims to establish this approach at
an international level by assembling contributions that introduce
its theoretical foundations, discuss connections with alternative
approaches of text and discourse analysis, show the relevance of
Discourse Traditions for the history of Romance languages, and
explore possibilities for future applications of the concept.
This volume serves to illustrate the promising insights to be
gained when cross-fertilizing Cognitive Linguistics and contact
linguistics, which each hold crucial ingredients to an encompassing
study of contact-induced variation and change. Combining the study
of the individual mind with the study of shared context, bridging
research on experience and perspective with research on variation
and change, and tackling the methodological complexities that this
empirical approach to mental categorization entails, help us
determine how the meaningful units that make up language are
categorized and structured in the bi- and multilingual mind and, by
extension, in any human mind. Together, the ten papers in this
volume reveal the complexities of the interaction between usage,
meaning and mind in contact-induced variation and change, which we
hope will inspire future research exploring the possibilities of
the cross-fertilization we have labeled Cognitive Contact
Linguistics.
This volume focuses on realisations of wordplay in different
cultures and social and historical contexts, and brings together
various research traditions of approaching wordplay. Together with
the volume DWP 7, it assembles selected papers presented at the
interdisciplinary conference The Dynamics of Wordplay / La
dynamique du jeu de mots (Trier, 2016) and stresses the inherent
dynamicity of wordplay and wordplay research.
The creation of new lexical units and patterns has been studied in
different research frameworks, focusing on either system-internal
or system-external aspects, from which no comprehensive view has
emerged. The volume aims to fill this gap by studying dynamic
processes in the lexicon - understood in a wide sense as not being
necessarily limited to the word level - by bringing together
approaches directed to morphological productivity as well as
approaches analyzing general types of lexical innovation and the
role of discourse-related factors. The papers deal with ongoing
changes as well as with historical processes of change in different
languages and reflect on patterns and specific subtypes of lexical
innovation as well as on their external conditions and the
speakers' motivations for innovating. Moreover, the diffusion and
conventionalization of innovations will be addressed. In this way,
the volume contributes to understanding the complex interplay of
structural, cognitive and functional factors in the lexicon as a
highly dynamic domain.
This volume serves to illustrate the promising insights to be
gained when cross-fertilizing Cognitive Linguistics and contact
linguistics, which each hold crucial ingredients to an encompassing
study of contact-induced variation and change. Combining the study
of the individual mind with the study of shared context, bridging
research on experience and perspective with research on variation
and change, and tackling the methodological complexities that this
empirical approach to mental categorization entails, help us
determine how the meaningful units that make up language are
categorized and structured in the bi- and multilingual mind and, by
extension, in any human mind. Together, the ten papers in this
volume reveal the complexities of the interaction between usage,
meaning and mind in contact-induced variation and change, which we
hope will inspire future research exploring the possibilities of
the cross-fertilization we have labeled Cognitive Contact
Linguistics.
Wordplay can be seen as a genuine interface phenomenon. It can be
found both in everyday communication and in literary texts, and it
can fulfil a range of functions - it may be entertaining and
comical, it may be used to conceal taboo, and it may influence the
way in which the speaker's character is perceived. Moreover,
wordplay also reflects on language and communication: it reveals
surprising alternative readings, and emphasizes the phonetic
similarity of linguistic signs that also points towards relations
on the level of content. Wordplay unravels characteristics of
literary language in everyday communication and opens up the
possibility to analyze literary texts from a linguistic
perspective. The first two volumes of the series The Dynamics of
Wordplay therefore aim at bringing together contributions from
linguistics and literary studies, focusing on theoretical issues
such as basic techniques of wordplay, and its relationship to
genres and discourse traditions. These issues are complemented by a
series of case studies on the use of wordplay in individual authors
and specific historical contexts. The contributions offer a fresh
look on the multifaceted dynamics of wordplay in different
communicative settings.
This volume focuses on realisations of wordplay in different
cultures and social and historical contexts, and brings together
various research traditions of approaching wordplay. Together with
the volume DWP 7, it assembles selected papers presented at the
interdisciplinary conference The Dynamics of Wordplay / La
dynamique du jeu de mots (Trier, 2016) and stresses the inherent
dynamicity of wordplay and wordplay research.
The creation of new lexical units and patterns has been studied in
different research frameworks, focusing on either system-internal
or system-external aspects, from which no comprehensive view has
emerged. The volume aims to fill this gap by studying dynamic
processes in the lexicon - understood in a wide sense as not being
necessarily limited to the word level - by bringing together
approaches directed to morphological productivity as well as
approaches analyzing general types of lexical innovation and the
role of discourse-related factors. The papers deal with ongoing
changes as well as with historical processes of change in different
languages and reflect on patterns and specific subtypes of lexical
innovation as well as on their external conditions and the
speakers' motivations for innovating. Moreover, the diffusion and
conventionalization of innovations will be addressed. In this way,
the volume contributes to understanding the complex interplay of
structural, cognitive and functional factors in the lexicon as a
highly dynamic domain.
Wordplay can be seen as a genuine interface phenomenon. It can be
found both in everyday communication and in literary texts, and it
can fulfil a range of functions - it may be entertaining and
comical, it may be used to conceal taboo, and it may influence the
way in which the speaker's character is perceived. Moreover,
wordplay also reflects on language and communication: it reveals
surprising alternative readings, and emphasizes the phonetic
similarity of linguistic signs that also points towards relations
on the level of content. Wordplay unravels characteristics of
literary language in everyday communication and opens up the
possibility to analyze literary texts from a linguistic
perspective. The first two volumes of the series The Dynamics of
Wordplay therefore aim at bringing together contributions from
linguistics and literary studies, focusing on theoretical issues
such as basic techniques of wordplay, and its relationship to
genres and discourse traditions. These issues are complemented by a
series of case studies on the use of wordplay in individual authors
and specific historical contexts. The contributions offer a fresh
look on the multifaceted dynamics of wordplay in different
communicative settings.
This work analyzes current borrowings and integration of loan words
in the French language and in other Romance languages. The studied
phenomena are analyzed exclusively from the perspective of the
speakers. The main aim is to elucidate the complexity of these
processes? how language undergoes change? and to work out a model
which is adequate with respect to communication theory. In
particular, the study takes into account the occurrence of
competing forms of loan words that differ from each other in their
degree of integration.
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