CAROL MYERS-SCOTTON
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198299530
- eISBN:
- 9780191708107
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198299530.003.0006
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Sociolinguistics / Anthropological Linguistics, Theoretical Linguistics
This chapter discusses three related contact phenomena: lexical borrowing, mixed (split) languages, and creole formation. They all show the effects of the universal split in languages between the ...
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This chapter discusses three related contact phenomena: lexical borrowing, mixed (split) languages, and creole formation. They all show the effects of the universal split in languages between the grammatical and lexical features. Lexical borrowing typically affects only lexical elements. In contrast, mixed languages include grammatical elements from more than one language. The Matrix Language Turnover hypothesis explains how mixed languages arise, such as Mednyj Aleut (Copper Island Aleut). Creole formation is marked by an unusual interaction between lexical and grammatical elements: words from one language (the lexifier) become grammatical elements in the developing Creole.Less
This chapter discusses three related contact phenomena: lexical borrowing, mixed (split) languages, and creole formation. They all show the effects of the universal split in languages between the grammatical and lexical features. Lexical borrowing typically affects only lexical elements. In contrast, mixed languages include grammatical elements from more than one language. The Matrix Language Turnover hypothesis explains how mixed languages arise, such as Mednyj Aleut (Copper Island Aleut). Creole formation is marked by an unusual interaction between lexical and grammatical elements: words from one language (the lexifier) become grammatical elements in the developing Creole.
