Borrowing and Shift-Induced Interference: Contrasting Patterns in French-Germanic Contact in Brussels and Strasbourg.

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Title: Borrowing and Shift-Induced Interference: Contrasting Patterns in French-Germanic Contact in Brussels and Strasbourg.
Language: English
Authors: Treffers-Daller, Jeanine
Source: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. Apr 1999 2(1):1-22.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 22
Publication Date: 1999
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Cognitive Processes, French, Language Patterns, Language Variation, Models, Second Language Learning
Geographic Terms: Belgium, France
ISSN: 1366-7289
Abstract: Tests hypotheses from the model for contact-induced language change as formulated in Thomason and Kaufman (1998) and Thomason (1998). The model correctly predicts the asymmetries between the mutual influences of the Germanic and Romance varieties in Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France, making it a very powerful tool for describing the language contact patterns in these cities. (Author/VWL)
Entry Date: 2002
Accession Number: EJ632746
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Tests hypotheses from the model for contact-induced language change as formulated in Thomason and Kaufman (1998) and Thomason (1998). The model correctly predicts the asymmetries between the mutual influences of the Germanic and Romance varieties in Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France, making it a very powerful tool for describing the language contact patterns in these cities. (Author/VWL)
ISSN:1366-7289