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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"language contact phenomena"”.
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Language Contact Phenomena among Algerian University Students
… created an important context in which different languages and structures can be used in the same conversations. This research investigates the practice of language contact phenomena within social media using Facebook as the main platform, and also within face-to-face interaction among Algerian …
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Spatial languages in IsiXhosa
This thesis investigates some aspects of spatial language of isiXhosa. It identifies the elements of isiXhosa used in the spatial domain and analyses their use and distribution across the language. Six isiXhosa-speaking language consultants were interviewed, all males between the ages of eighteen …
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Scandinavian place-names in Northern Britain as evidence for language contact and interaction
… formations, as evidence of the linguistic contact and interaction which occurred between incoming Scandinavian speakers and the native population of northern Britain, in light of current theories of language contact. The first chapter analyses the nature of the relationship between …
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A study of lexical borrowing and occasional code-switching amongst young middle-class Syrians in Saudi Arabia and Syria
In this study, I examine language contact phenomena exhibited by two groups of young middle-class Syrian citizens. Members of one group were born and have been living with their families in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. They however, have maintained strong relations with their extended families in Syria …
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"I can speak German - und Deutsch" : the development and use of code-switching among simultaneous and successive English-German bilingual children
… basic concepts about bilingualism and bilingual language acquisition, followed by an introduction to various approaches to the study of code-switching. After a brief overview over its history, code-switching is identified as one out of several language contact phenomena. The introduction to the …
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Code-Switching among Bilingual Speakers of Cape Muslim Afrikaans and South African English in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town
… retained lexis (Mesthrie and Bhatt 2008) from languages historically spoken by slaves at the Cape, such as Malay, Arabic, Gujarati, and Konkani. Over time a number of socio-cultural, geographic, and historical factors have introduced the use of South African English alongside Cape Muslim …