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Mutual Intelligibility between Closely Related Languages
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Charlotte Gooskens
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Funded by:
University of Groningen
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2024
About this book
This book provides a detailed overview of research on mutual intelligibility between closely related languages. The book is organized around three sections which explore different facets of mutual intelligibility research. The first section outlines how to measure levels of intelligibility and its linguistic and extra-linguistic determinants. The second part grapples with questions and issues which arise once the measuring tools are established. A final section reflects on the practical and theoretical value of studying mutual intelligibility, including issues related to language planning and policy, such as cultural, communicative, educational, and economical matters.
Author / Editor information
Charlotte Gooskens, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
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List of figures
XIII -
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List of tables
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Chapter 1 Introduction
1 - Part I: Measurements
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Chapter 2 Methods for measuring intelligibility
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Chapter 3 Introducing the project Mutual Intelligibility between Closely Related Languages (MICReLa)
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Chapter 4 Extra-linguistic determinants of intelligibility
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Chapter 5 Linguistic and paralinguistic determinants of intelligibility
103 - Part II: Further analyses
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Chapter 6 Asymmetric intelligibility
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Chapter 7 Towards a model of mutual intelligibility
183 - Part III: Applications and conclusions
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Chapter 8 Applications of mutual intelligibility studies
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Chapter 9 Conclusions and next steps
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Appendices
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References
235 -
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Index
255
Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
October 21, 2024
eBook ISBN:
9783111134697
Hardcover published on:
October 21, 2024
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111131658
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
18
Main content:
258
Illustrations:
13
Coloured Illustrations:
26
Tables:
41
Coloured Tables:
1
Keywords for this book
Mutual Intelligibility; Closely Related Languages; Receptive Multilingualism; Linguistic Distances
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars in Applied Linguistics, Multilingualism, Language Policy and Planning, Sociolinguistics
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BY-NC-ND 4.0
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