Complexity and Simplification in Language Shift

This paper examines the question of linguistic complexity in two shift ecologies in northeastern Russia. It is frequently claimed that language shift results in linguistic simplification across a range of domains in the grammars of shifting speakers (Campbell and Muntzel 1989; Dorian 1989; O’Shannes...

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Published in:Frontiers in Communication
Main Authors: Jessica Kantarovich, Lenore A. Grenoble, Antonina Vinokurova, Elena Nesterova
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Subjects:
language shift
word order
case marking
agreement
noun incorporation
Chukchi
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Dorian
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.638118
https://doaj.org/article/c4a4007009fa4dc18a4451254f371e0b

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