A usage-based approach to “language” in language contact

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ID21196352
AuthorsPhilipp Wasserscheidt (0000-0003-2602-9103, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume12
Issue2
Pages279-298
Publication date2021-06-25
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueApplied Linguistics Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1868-6303 • E-ISSN: 1868-6311
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/applirev-2019-0032
OpenAlexW2927599103
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited34

The use of named languages is still prevalent in current contact linguistics research. In this paper, I argue that this cannot explain many contact situations and types of language knowledge. I propose a usage-based account of language instead which does not take linguistic systems for granted but construes them based on the single linguistic unit. A language is seen as a radially organized network of constructions, which are interlinked through co-use, which employ the same inventory of linguistic forms and which are appropriate in the same socio-pragmatic circumstances

Applied linguistics · Language contact · Linguistics · Sociology · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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