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Der Größenfaktor im deutsch-slavischen Sprachkontakt (am Beispiel des Nieder- und Obersorbischen, Burgenlandkroatischen, Slovenischen, Čechischen und Polnischen)

  • Achim Rabus
Published/Copyright: March 9, 2011
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Abstract

The present study is concerned with contact-induced German–Slavic linguistic transfer occurring in several Slavic languages. It investigates the relevance of the so-called size factor which implies that the amount of transfer depends on the size of the speakers’ community. The central hypothesis the paper calls into question is, thus, as follows: the smaller the community, the greater the amount of linguistic transfer. After analyzing several linguistic variables (modals, definite article, habeo-factum constructions, dual), it is found that direct correlation between the size of the speakers’ community and the amount of linguistic transfer cannot be confirmed. A reason for varying amounts of transfer might, however, be the role of purism which, on its part, seems to be dependent on the size factor, at least to a certain degree.

Published Online: 2011-03-09
Published in Print: 2011-03

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