The lexical basis of grammatical borrowing : a Prince Edward Island French case study

Ruth King

This book is a detailed study of French-English linguistic borrowing in Prince Edward Island, Canada which argues for the centrality of lexical innovation to grammatical change. Chapters 1-4 present the theoretical and methodological perspectives adopted along with the sociolinguistic history of Acadian French. Chapter 5 outlines the basic features of Acadian French morphosyntax. Chapter 6 provides an overview of the linguistic consequences of language contact in Prince Edward Island. Chapters 7-9 consider three particular cases of grammatical borrowing: the borrowing of the English adverb back and the semantic and syntactic reanalysis it has undergone, the borrowing of a wide range of English prepositions, resulting in dramatic changes in the syntactic behaviour of French prepositions, and the borrowing of English wh-ever words, resulting in the emergence of a new type of free relative. Chapter 10 argues for a theory of grammar contact by which contact-induced grammatical change is mediated by the lexicon.

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[目次]

  • 1. List of tables, pxiii
  • 2. List of abbreviations, pxv
  • 3. Acknowledgements, pxvii
  • 4. Chapter 1 Introduction, p1
  • 5. Chapter 2 The sociohistorical background, p5
  • 6. Chapter 3 Origins and development of Acadian French, p31
  • 7. Chapter 4 Languages in contact, p43
  • 8. Chapter 5 A grammatical sketch, p49
  • 9. Chapter 6 The linguistic consequences of language contact, p81
  • 10. Chapter 7 The semantic and syntactic reanalysis of lexical borrowings, p115
  • 11. Chapter 8 Syntactic reanalysis and the preposition system, p135
  • 12. Chapter 9 Borrowed wh-words and the structure of relative clauses, p151
  • 13. Chapter 10 Conclusion, p167
  • 14. Appendix A, p177
  • 15. Appendix B, p205
  • 16. References, p227
  • 17. Index, p239

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書名 The lexical basis of grammatical borrowing : a Prince Edward Island French case study
著作者等 King, Ruth Elizabeth
King Ruth
シリーズ名 Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science
出版元 John Benjamins Publishing
刊行年月 c2000
ページ数 xvi, 241 p.
大きさ 23 cm
ISBN 1588110141
9027237166
NCID BA50219830
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言語 英語
出版国 オランダ
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