Converging verbal phrases in related languages: A case study from Faro-Danish and Danish-German language contact situations

Hjalmar Páll Petersen, Karoline Karoline H. Kühl

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Abstract

The paper deals with Danish-Faroese and Danish-German language contact, in particular Faro-Danish and Danish-German verb phrases that are constructed under heavy influence of Faroese and German, respectively. The theoretical framework is the Abstract Level Model (2002) as well as further developments by Fredsted (2008) and K. Kühl (2008). The focus of the work described is on the process and the results of convergence. It will be shown how semantic information, syntactic information (predicate-argument-structure) and the morphological realization patterns are transferred extensively from one language to another, without this being evidenced by an insertional kind of code-switching.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConvergence and Divergence in Language Contact Situations
EditorsKurt Braunmüller , Juliane House
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company
Pages101-124
Number of pages24
Volume8
ISBN (Electronic)9789027288820
ISBN (Print)9789027219282
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Publication series

NameHamburg Studies on Multilingualism
PublisherJohn Benjamins
Volume8

Keywords

  • Convergence
  • language contact

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