LIN 1340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Yamato Kotoba, Sprachbund, Michif Language

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Linguistics
• Course: LIN 1340
• Professor: Laura Kastronic

Document Summary

There are many possible outcomes when languages come into contact: code switching, 2. Intensity of contact: the more intense the contact, the greater likelihood of structural interference between languages. Length of contact: the greater the ime depth the greater chance there will be change. Minority languages are at higher risk of change. Size of the speaker populaion: fewer & more marginal the speaker is the more likely they will borrow from the dominant group. Typological (structured) similarity how similar the languages are. Borrowability scales used to explain what can be borrowed/how easily. In some cases words are borrowed from one language into another & adapted to the structure of the host language. Language can make up its own word formaion to produce a new lexical item which is modelled on a word from another language known as a calque. Loanshits changing the meaning of an exising word due to language contact: eg.