Is phonology going haywire in dying languages? Phonological variations in Chipewyan and Sarcee
ABSTRACT The two most conspicuous phenomena reported on dying languages are (a) structural (and stylistic) simplifications and (b) dramatic increases of variability due to incongruent and idiosyncratic “change.” The phonological data from two Athapaskan languages, as well as other published data (Do...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0047404500013488 2024-06-23T07:52:06+00:00 Is phonology going haywire in dying languages? Phonological variations in Chipewyan and Sarcee Cook, Eung-Do 1989 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0047404500013488 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0047404500013488 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Language in Society volume 18, issue 2, page 235-255 ISSN 0047-4045 1469-8013 journal-article 1989 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047404500013488 2024-06-12T04:04:34Z ABSTRACT The two most conspicuous phenomena reported on dying languages are (a) structural (and stylistic) simplifications and (b) dramatic increases of variability due to incongruent and idiosyncratic “change.” The phonological data from two Athapaskan languages, as well as other published data (Dorian 1973, 1978; Hill 1978; Schmidt 1985a), demonstrate that underlying the apparent degeneration of the system there is an orderly progression which is viewed as a retarded process of language acquisition . Different semispeakers reach different levels of maturity due to different degrees of retardation, consequently increasing variability and complexity for the total system, whereas each idiolect undergoes systematic developmental stages albeit retarded, decreasing eventually structural (and stylistic) profusion. Therefore, a dying language mirrors the successive stages of ontogenesis. (Historical linguistics, language acquisition, language death, language contact, bilingualism, sociolinguistics) Article in Journal/Newspaper Chipewyan Cambridge University Press Dorian ENVELOPE(-63.497,-63.497,-64.815,-64.815) Language in Society 18 2 235 255 |
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ABSTRACT The two most conspicuous phenomena reported on dying languages are (a) structural (and stylistic) simplifications and (b) dramatic increases of variability due to incongruent and idiosyncratic “change.” The phonological data from two Athapaskan languages, as well as other published data (Dorian 1973, 1978; Hill 1978; Schmidt 1985a), demonstrate that underlying the apparent degeneration of the system there is an orderly progression which is viewed as a retarded process of language acquisition . Different semispeakers reach different levels of maturity due to different degrees of retardation, consequently increasing variability and complexity for the total system, whereas each idiolect undergoes systematic developmental stages albeit retarded, decreasing eventually structural (and stylistic) profusion. Therefore, a dying language mirrors the successive stages of ontogenesis. (Historical linguistics, language acquisition, language death, language contact, bilingualism, sociolinguistics) |
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Is phonology going haywire in dying languages? Phonological variations in Chipewyan and Sarcee |
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Is phonology going haywire in dying languages? Phonological variations in Chipewyan and Sarcee |
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Is phonology going haywire in dying languages? Phonological variations in Chipewyan and Sarcee |
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is phonology going haywire in dying languages? phonological variations in chipewyan and sarcee |
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