Sociolinguistics, Language & Linguistics, Immigration & Emigration - Oceania & Australasia, English Language Reference - General & Miscellaneous

Dynamics of Language Contact: English and Immigrant Languages

Name: Dynamics of Language Contact: English and Immigrant Languages
Author: Michael G. Clyne
ISBN: 9780521786485

by Michael G. Clyne

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Overview

Written by an expert in the field, this study examines the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context. Michael Clyne discusses the dynamics of contact with English using data from a wide range of languages, including German, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Vietnamese. Clyne analyzes how and why these languages change in a country with many immigrants such as Australia, as well as why some languages survive longer than others.

Synopsis

Discusses disparate findings to examine the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context.

About the Author, Michael G. Clyne

Michael Clyne is Professorial Fellow in Linguistics and Director of the Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross-Cultural Communication at the University of Melbourne. His books include Language and Society in German-Speaking Countries (Cambridge, 1984), Community Languages: the Australian Experience (Cambridge, 1991), Pluricentric Languages (1992), The German Language in a Changing Europe (Cambridge, 1995), and Intercultural Communication at Work (Cambridge, 1995).