Related languages, convergence and replication: Faroese-Danish

The aim of this article is to present examples of a number of types of changes in Faroese that have come about under the influence of Danish. The majority of the residents of the Faroe Islands are bilingual in Faroese (L1) and Danish (L2). This has resulted in many loanwords, convergence and replica...

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Published in:International Journal of Bilingualism
Main Author: Petersen, Hjalmar P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publications 2011
Subjects:
Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics
Education
Faroe Islands
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367006910397203
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1367006910397203
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Summary:The aim of this article is to present examples of a number of types of changes in Faroese that have come about under the influence of Danish. The majority of the residents of the Faroe Islands are bilingual in Faroese (L1) and Danish (L2). This has resulted in many loanwords, convergence and replication. The main topic of this article is convergence and replication, and we subscribe to a definition of convergence that stresses it as a one-way phenomenon, which involves the abstract level structure of a source language, and the surface-level patterns coming from the recipient language.

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