Title: The Dynamic Lexicon of English
Subtitle: A Socio-Cognitive Approach towards Loan Processes and Their Linguistic Effects
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Brill
http://www.brill.com
Book URL: https://brill.com/display/title/64666

Author: Julia Landmann
Hardback: ISBN: 9789004543461 Pages: 496 Price: U.S. $ 165
Hardback: ISBN: 9789004543461 Pages: 496 Price: Europe EURO 149
Electronic: ISBN: 9789004544031 Pages: 496 Price: U.S. $ 165
Electronic: ISBN: 9789004544031 Pages: 496 Price: Europe EURO 149
Abstract:

The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
This study investigates the interrelation between use, meaning and the mind as a central issue of contact-induced linguistic variation and change, using the influence of French, Spanish, German and Yiddish on English as case studies. It relies on innovative methodological approaches, including the use of an integrative, socio-cognitive model of the dynamic lexicon, to describe borrowing processes and their linguistic outcomes. The multitude of socio-cultural contexts relevant to the introduction of the various borrowings since the nineteenth century has been reconstructed. This implies the identification of borrowings reflecting connections of linguistic features and culturally embedded attitudes. Taking the effects of cognitive and social factors on conventionalization and entrenchment processes into account, this study makes an original contribution to existing research.

Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
German (deu)
Spanish (spa)

Written In: English (eng)

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