Contact-Induced Linguistic Innovations on the Continuum of Language Use: The Case of French in Ontario

Autor/inn/en	Mougeon, Raymond; Nadasdi, Terry; Rehner, Katherine
Titel	Contact-Induced Linguistic Innovations on the Continuum of Language Use: The Case of French in Ontario
Quelle	In: Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 8 (2005) 2, S.99-115 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-7289
DOI	10.1017/S1366728905002142
Schlagwörter	Linguistic Borrowing; Foreign Countries; French; Indo European Languages; Research Methodology; Language Usage; Interference (Language); Language Minorities; English; Innovation; Sociolinguistics; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehnwort; Ausland; Französisch; Indoeuropäisch; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachminderheit; English language; Englisch; Soziolinguistik; Kanada
Abstract	In this paper we present a methodological approach that can be used to determine the likelihood that innovations observed in a minority language are the result of language contact. We then use this methodological approach to frame a discussion of data concerning eight innovations that can be attributed to transfer from the majority language (English) to the French of Francophones residing in the province of Ontario in Canada. This discussion shows, notably, how systemic and extra-systemic factors play a role in the emergence of these innovations. We also demonstrate that there are interesting differences in the extent to which these innovations are used across speaker groups and communities, and we argue that such differences suggest that there are thresholds of language contact associated with the emergence, or lack thereof, of particular transfer-induced innovations. (Author).
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