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Language Contact at the Romance-Germanic Language Border.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Clevedon : Multilingual Matters, 2002Copyright date: ©2002Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (155 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781853596711
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language Contact at the Romance-Germanic Language BorderDDC classification:
  • 306.44/094
LOC classification:
  • P40.5.L382E856 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Aspects of the Romance-Germanic Language Border: An Introduction -- Genesis and Evolution of the Romance-Germanic Language Border in Europe -- Dutch/Flemish in the North of France -- The Dutch-French Language Border in Belgium -- Language Use and Language Contact in Brussels -- German in Belgium: Linguistic Variation from a Contact Linguistic Point of View -- Luxembourg, a Multilingual Society at the Romance/Germanic Language Border -- Alsace -- The German-Romance Language Borders in Switzerland -- South Tyrol: German and Italian in a Changing World.
Summary: This book brings together sociolinguistic analyses of language contact along the Romance Germanic Language Border, shedding more light on the variable and the universal elements in language contact and shift. It includes information on the legal status of the language border, language planning initiatives and minority languages.
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Intro -- Contents -- Aspects of the Romance-Germanic Language Border: An Introduction -- Genesis and Evolution of the Romance-Germanic Language Border in Europe -- Dutch/Flemish in the North of France -- The Dutch-French Language Border in Belgium -- Language Use and Language Contact in Brussels -- German in Belgium: Linguistic Variation from a Contact Linguistic Point of View -- Luxembourg, a Multilingual Society at the Romance/Germanic Language Border -- Alsace -- The German-Romance Language Borders in Switzerland -- South Tyrol: German and Italian in a Changing World.

This book brings together sociolinguistic analyses of language contact along the Romance Germanic Language Border, shedding more light on the variable and the universal elements in language contact and shift. It includes information on the legal status of the language border, language planning initiatives and minority languages.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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