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Open publication The volume deals with previously undescribed
morphosyntactic variations and changes appearing in settings
involving language contact. Contact-induced changes are defined as
dynamic and multiple, involving internal change as well as
historical and sociolinguistic factors. A variety of explanations
are identified and their relationships are analyzed. Only a
multifaceted methodology enables this fine-grained approach to
contact-induced change. A range of methodologies are proposed, but
the chapters generally have their roots in a typological
perspective. The contributors recognize the precautionary
principle: for example, they emphasize the difficulty of studying
languages that have not been described adequately and for which
diachronic data are not extensive or reliable. Three main
perspectives on contact-induced language change are presented. The
first explores the role of multilingual speakers in contact-induced
language change, especially their spontaneous innovations in
discourse. The second explores the differences between ordinary
contact-induced change and change in endangered languages. The
third discusses various aspects of the relationship between
contact-induced change and internal change.
Proposing a new methodological approach to documenting languages
spoken in multilingual societies, this book retraces the
investigation of one unique linguistic space, the Creole varieties
referred to as Takitaki in multilingual French Guiana. It
illustrates how interactional sociolinguistic, anthropological
linguistic, discourse analytical and quantitative sociolinguistic
approaches can be integrated with structural approaches to language
in order to resolve rarely discussed questions systematically (what
are the outlines of the community, who is a rightful speaker, what
speech should be documented) that frequently crop up in projects of
language documentation in multilingual contexts. The authors argue
that comprehensively documenting complex linguistic phenomena
requires taking into account the views of all local social actors
(native and non-native speakers, institutions, linguists,
non-speakers, etc.), applying a range of complementary data
collection and analysis methods and putting issues of ideology,
variation, language contact and interaction centre stage. This book
will be welcomed by researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic
anthropology, fieldwork studies, language documentation and
language variation and change.
Proposing a new methodological approach to documenting languages
spoken in multilingual societies, this book retraces the
investigation of one unique linguistic space, the Creole varieties
referred to as Takitaki in multilingual French Guiana. It
illustrates how interactional sociolinguistic, anthropological
linguistic, discourse analytical and quantitative sociolinguistic
approaches can be integrated with structural approaches to language
in order to resolve rarely discussed questions systematically (what
are the outlines of the community, who is a rightful speaker, what
speech should be documented) that frequently crop up in projects of
language documentation in multilingual contexts. The authors argue
that comprehensively documenting complex linguistic phenomena
requires taking into account the views of all local social actors
(native and non-native speakers, institutions, linguists,
non-speakers, etc.), applying a range of complementary data
collection and analysis methods and putting issues of ideology,
variation, language contact and interaction centre stage. This book
will be welcomed by researchers in sociolinguistics, linguistic
anthropology, fieldwork studies, language documentation and
language variation and change.
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