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Multilingualism, Indigenization, and Creolization

  • Jeff Siegel

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    Abstract

    The contact between languages in multilingual contexts can lead to language change and the formation of new varieties of language. The term 'indigenization' is used to refer to the contact-induced linguistic changes that result in a new dialect, while 'creolization' refers to the emergence of a new language. This chapter looks at these closely related phenomena and their social contexts, and discusses the psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic processes that bring them about.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHandbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism
    EditorsTej K Bhatia, William C Ritchie
    Place of PublicationChichester, United Kingdom
    PublisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd
    Pages517-541
    Edition2
    ISBN (Print)9781444334906, 9781118332399, 9781118332405, 9781118332412
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    Publication series

    NameBlackwell Handbooks in Linguistics

    Keywords

    • Language in Time and Space (incl Historical Linguistics, Dialectology)
    • Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics)

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