Is There Convergence in Language Death? Evidence from Chipewyan and Stoney
There have been explicit claims and implicit assumptions that extensive and drastic structural reductions that occur in dying languages are due to convergence and confluence. This article argues that structural decay and change in language death are not caused by external influence but by an impeded...
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crwiley:10.1525/jlin.1995.5.2.217 2024-09-30T14:33:44+00:00 Is There Convergence in Language Death? Evidence from Chipewyan and Stoney Cook, Eung‐Do 1995 http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/jlin.1995.5.2.217 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1525%2Fjlin.1995.5.2.217 https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1525/jlin.1995.5.2.217 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Linguistic Anthropology volume 5, issue 2, page 217-231 ISSN 1055-1360 1548-1395 journal-article 1995 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1525/jlin.1995.5.2.217 2024-09-19T04:18:43Z There have been explicit claims and implicit assumptions that extensive and drastic structural reductions that occur in dying languages are due to convergence and confluence. This article argues that structural decay and change in language death are not caused by external influence but by an impeded and premature process of acquisition. Critical reviews of some well‐known convergence analyses (including Chipewyan) are presented to demonstrate that changes are not due to convergence but internally motivated. The conservative features in dying dialects and innovative changes in a thriving dialect of Stoney further suggest that convergence never or rarely occurs in the final stage of language death. Article in Journal/Newspaper Chipewyan Wiley Online Library Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 5 2 217 231 |
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There have been explicit claims and implicit assumptions that extensive and drastic structural reductions that occur in dying languages are due to convergence and confluence. This article argues that structural decay and change in language death are not caused by external influence but by an impeded and premature process of acquisition. Critical reviews of some well‐known convergence analyses (including Chipewyan) are presented to demonstrate that changes are not due to convergence but internally motivated. The conservative features in dying dialects and innovative changes in a thriving dialect of Stoney further suggest that convergence never or rarely occurs in the final stage of language death. |
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Is There Convergence in Language Death? Evidence from Chipewyan and Stoney |
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Is There Convergence in Language Death? Evidence from Chipewyan and Stoney |
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Is There Convergence in Language Death? Evidence from Chipewyan and Stoney |
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Is There Convergence in Language Death? Evidence from Chipewyan and Stoney |
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Is There Convergence in Language Death? Evidence from Chipewyan and Stoney |
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is there convergence in language death? evidence from chipewyan and stoney |
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