Sarah Thomason
Biographic Data
| ID | 2392075 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Thomason |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomason |
| SIGNATURE | THOMASON S |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 45 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social and Linguistic Factors as Predictors of Contact-Induced Change
Two claims made by Thomason & Kaufman (1988) have elicited particularly strong reactions from specialists in language contact: first, that there are no absolute linguistic constraints on the kinds or numbers of features that can be transferred from one language to another; and second, that when social factors and linguistic factors might be expected to push in opposite directions in a language contact situation, the social factors will be the pri…
Phonetic structures of Montana Salish
Language Contact and Deliberate Change
This paper explores the process of "negotiation", whereby speakers of two or more languages converge on a partially or entirely shared linguistic system. This process is surely unconscious in many or most instances, but sometimes speakers are aware of what they are doing as they "negotiate" the linguistic outcome of language contact. I provide evidence for the latter assertion, and discuss the difficulties inherent in any attempt to generalize ab…
Social and Linguistic Factors as Predictors of Contact-Induced Change
Two claims made by Thomason & Kaufman (1988) have elicited particularly strong reactions from specialists in language contact: first, that there are no absolute linguistic constraints on the kinds or numbers of features that can be transferred from one language to another; and second, that when social factors and linguistic factors might be expected to push in opposite directions in a language contact situation, the social factors will be the pri…
Language Contact and Deliberate Change
This paper explores the process of "negotiation", whereby speakers of two or more languages converge on a partially or entirely shared linguistic system. This process is surely unconscious in many or most instances, but sometimes speakers are aware of what they are doing as they "negotiate" the linguistic outcome of language contact. I provide evidence for the latter assertion, and discuss the difficulties inherent in any attempt to generalize ab…
Phonetic structures of Montana Salish
Language Contact and Deliberate Change
This paper explores the process of "negotiation", whereby speakers of two or more languages converge on a partially or entirely shared linguistic system. This process is surely unconscious in many or most instances, but sometimes speakers are aware of what they are doing as they "negotiate" the linguistic outcome of language contact. I provide evidence for the latter assertion, and discuss the difficulties inherent in any attempt to generalize ab…
Social and Linguistic Factors as Predictors of Contact-Induced Change
Two claims made by Thomason & Kaufman (1988) have elicited particularly strong reactions from specialists in language contact: first, that there are no absolute linguistic constraints on the kinds or numbers of features that can be transferred from one language to another; and second, that when social factors and linguistic factors might be expected to push in opposite directions in a language contact situation, the social factors will be the pri…
Phonetic structures of Montana Salish
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Language contact (2 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works)