{"product_id":"borrowing-loanwords-in-the-speech-community-and-in-the-grammar-paperback","title":"Borrowing: Loanwords in the Speech Community and in the Grammar - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShana Poplack\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudies of bilingual behavior have been proliferating for decades, yet short shrift has been given to its major\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003emanifestation, the incorporation of words from one language into the discourse of another.\u003cbr\u003eThis volume redresses that imbalance by going straight to the source: bilingual speakers in their social context. Building on more than three decades of original research based on vast quantities of spontaneous performance data and a highly ramified analytical apparatus, Shana Poplack characterizes the phenomenon of lexical borrowing in the speech community and in the grammar, both synchronically and diachronically. \u003cbr\u003eIn contrast to most other treatments, which deal with the \u003cem\u003eproduct \u003c\/em\u003eof borrowing (if they consider it at all), \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethis book examines the \u003cem\u003eprocess: \u003c\/em\u003ehow speakers go about incorporating foreign items into their bilingual discourse; how they adapt them to recipient-language grammatical structure; how these forms diffuse across speakers and communities; how long they persist in real time; and whether they change over the duration. Attacking some of the most contentious issue in language mixing research empirically, it tests hypotheses about established loanwords, nonce borrowings and code-switches on a wealth of unique datasets on typologically similar and distinct language pairs. A major focus is the detailed analysis of integration: the principal mechanism underlying the borrowing process\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eThough the shape the borrowed form assumes may be colored by community convention, Poplack shows that the act\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eof transforming donor-language elements into native material is universal.\u003cbr\u003eEmphasis on actual speaker behavior coupled with strong standards of proof, including data-driven reports of rates of occurrence, conditioning of variant choice and measures of statistical significance, make \u003cem\u003eBorrowing \u003c\/em\u003ean indispensable reference on language contact and bilingual behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShana Poplack \u003c\/strong\u003eis Distinguished University Professor and Canada Research Chair in Linguistics and director of the Sociolinguistics Laboratory at the University of Ottawa. Her work applies theoretical and methodological insights gained from the study of linguistic variation and change to a variety of fields, including bilingual language mixing, language contact and grammatical convergence, the genesis of African American Vernacular English, normative prescription and praxis, and the role of the school in impeding linguistic change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753885368608,"sku":"9780190256371","price":107.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f2503b10bfcc64553e767339cf15184a.webp?v=1780028884","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/borrowing-loanwords-in-the-speech-community-and-in-the-grammar-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}