Language Death and Language Maintenance
Language Death and Language Maintenance

Author: Mark Janse

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 263

ISBN-13: 9027247528

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Languages are dying at an alarming rate all over the world. Estimates range from 50% to as much as 90% by the end of the century. This collection of original papers tries to strike a balance between theoretical, practical and descriptive approaches to language death and language maintenance. It provides overviews of language endangerment in Africa, Eurasia, and the Greater Pacific Area. It also presents case studies of endangered languages from various language families. These descriptive case studies not only provide data on the degree of endangerment and the causes of language death, but also provide a general sociolinguistic and typological characterization the language(s) under discussion and the prospects of language maintenance (if any). The volume will be of interest to all those concerned with the ongoing extinction of the world's linguistic diversity.

Word-Formation
Word-Formation

Author: Peter O. Müller

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2016-03-07

Total Pages: 793

ISBN-13: 3110427516

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This handbook comprises an in-depth presentation of the state of the art in word-formation. The five volumes contain 207 articles written by leading international scholars. The XVI chapters of the handbook provide the reader, in both general articles and individual studies, with a wide variety of perspectives: word-formation as a linguistic discipline (history of science, theoretical concepts), units and processes in word-formation, rules and restrictions, semantics and pragmatics, foreign word-formation, language planning and purism, historical word-formation, word-formation in language acquisition and aphasia, word-formation and language use, tools in word-formation research. The final chapter comprises 74 portraits of word-formation in the individual languages of Europe and offers an innovative perspective. These portraits afford the first overview of this kind and will prove useful for future typological research. This handbook will provide an essential reference for both advanced students and researchers in word-formation and related fields within linguistics.

The Origin of Gagauzes in the Early Historical Periods (Yeditepe Yayınevi)
The Origin of Gagauzes in the Early Historical Periods (Yeditepe Yayınevi)

Author: Sinan Alper Saka

Publisher: Yeditepe Yayınevi

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13: 6257705002

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Upon the dissolution of the Western Gokturk Khaganate, the declaration of independence and migration movements of the Turkish tribes within her structure as a new migration of tribes deeply affected many layers of world history, especially mainly ethnic and sociological way. However, these migrations leave permanent traces in the northern part of the Black Sea, North Caucasus and the Balkans; their impacts have continued until today. This study examines one of the most controversial issues of history studies: Origins of Gagauz people. There are many different theories about their origin: Are they Turks? Or Greeks? Or Bulgars? In the light of the origin studies of the Gagauz people; the effects of these migrations and the factors other than migrations have been explained.

Turkic Languages in Contact
Turkic Languages in Contact

Author: Hendrik Boeschoten

Publisher: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9783447052122

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The volume contains contributions on contact-induced language change in situations in which one of the languages is a Turkic one. Most papers deal with cases of long-standing language contact. The geographic areas covered include the Balkans (Macedonian Turkish, Gagauz), Western Europe (Turkish-German, Turkish-Dutch contacts), Central Europe (Karaim), Turkey (Turkish-Kurdish, Turkish-Greek contacts, Old Ottoman Turkish), Iran (Turkic-Iranian contacts) and Siberia (Yakut-Tungusic contacts). The contributions focus on various phenomena of code interaction and on various types of structural changes in different contact settings. Several authors employ the Code Copying Model, which is presented in some detail in one of the articles.

Structural Factors in Turkic Language Contacts
Structural Factors in Turkic Language Contacts

Author: Lars Johanson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1136828370

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Turkic languages present particularly rich sources of data for the study of language contact, given the number and diversity of languages with which they have been in contact. Many common, false generalisations are laid bare and the methodology used in evaluating particular instances of language contact can also be used with profit by students of languages other than the Turkic.

The Handbook of Bilingualism
The Handbook of Bilingualism

Author: Tej K. Bhatia

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 904

ISBN-13: 0470756748

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The Handbook of Bilingualism provides state-of-the-art treatments of the central issues that arise in consideration of the phenomena of bilingualism ranging from the representation of the two languages in the bilingual individual's brain to the various forms of bilingual education, including the status of bilingualism in each area of the world. Provides state-of-the-art coverage of a wide variety of topics, ranging from neuro- and psycho-linguistic research to studies of media and psychological counseling. Includes latest assessment of the global linguistic situation with particular emphasis on those geographical areas which are centers of global conflict and commerce. Explores new topics such as global media and mobile and electronic language learning. Includes contributions by internationally renowned researchers from different disciplines, genders, and ethnicities.