The Lexical Basis of Grammatical Borrowing

The Lexical Basis of Grammatical Borrowing
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 268
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ISBN-10 : 9789027299512
ISBN-13 : 902729951X
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Book Synopsis The Lexical Basis of Grammatical Borrowing by : Ruth King

Download or read book The Lexical Basis of Grammatical Borrowing written by Ruth King and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2000-12-21 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a detailed study of French-English linguistic borrowing in Prince Edward Island, Canada which argues for the centrality of lexical innovation to grammatical change. Chapters 1–4 present the theoretical and methodological perspectives adopted along with the sociolinguistic history of Acadian French. Chapter 5 outlines the basic features of Acadian French morphosyntax. Chapter 6 provides an overview of the linguistic consequences of language contact in Prince Edward Island. Chapters 7–9 consider three particular cases of grammatical borrowing: the borrowing of the English adverb back and the semantic and syntactic reanalysis it has undergone, the borrowing of a wide range of English prepositions, resulting in dramatic changes in the syntactic behaviour of French prepositions, and the borrowing of English wh-ever words, resulting in the emergence of a new type of free relative. Chapter 10 argues for a theory of grammar contact by which contact-induced grammatical change is mediated by the lexicon.


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