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Scenarios of Basque Language Contact

  • Martin Haase
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Diversity in Contact
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Abstract

The paper compares the scenarios of Romance-Basque language contact in different parts of the Basque Country. In the South-West the predominant contact language is Spanish, which has gained some territory to the detriment of Basque, whereas on the French side of the border the extension of the Basque speaking area has not been reduced in the same way. Here the contact situation is more complex since an often overlooked language intervenes: Gascon. The different scenarios cause certain differences in loan word integration, phonetics and phonology, and even grammar.

Abstract

The paper compares the scenarios of Romance-Basque language contact in different parts of the Basque Country. In the South-West the predominant contact language is Spanish, which has gained some territory to the detriment of Basque, whereas on the French side of the border the extension of the Basque speaking area has not been reduced in the same way. Here the contact situation is more complex since an often overlooked language intervenes: Gascon. The different scenarios cause certain differences in loan word integration, phonetics and phonology, and even grammar.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Contents IX
  4. Part I
  5. Differential impact of colonial languages on written languages 3
  6. Contact in World Englishes at the nexus of language and culture 91
  7. Far beyond the Caucasus 111
  8. Scenarios of Basque Language Contact 145
  9. The relevance of origin 165
  10. On the morphosyntax of place names vs. common nouns in pidgins and creoles 195
  11. Places, manners, and the areal phonology of Europe 249
  12. Travellers in time and space 327
  13. Part II
  14. The city as multilingual utopia 369
  15. Fluid registers and fixed language concepts in postcolonial spaces 439
  16. Prolegomena to a study of code-switching in Togo and its metapragmatic functions 477
  17. Index of Authors 513
  18. Index of Languages, Language Families, and Linguistic Areas 521
  19. Index of Subjects 527
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111323756-004

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Contents IX
  4. Part I
  5. Differential impact of colonial languages on written languages 3
  6. Contact in World Englishes at the nexus of language and culture 91
  7. Far beyond the Caucasus 111
  8. Scenarios of Basque Language Contact 145
  9. The relevance of origin 165
  10. On the morphosyntax of place names vs. common nouns in pidgins and creoles 195
  11. Places, manners, and the areal phonology of Europe 249
  12. Travellers in time and space 327
  13. Part II
  14. The city as multilingual utopia 369
  15. Fluid registers and fixed language concepts in postcolonial spaces 439
  16. Prolegomena to a study of code-switching in Togo and its metapragmatic functions 477
  17. Index of Authors 513
  18. Index of Languages, Language Families, and Linguistic Areas 521
  19. Index of Subjects 527
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