Modern Greek in diaspora [electronic resource] : an Australian perspective / Angeliki Alvanoudi.

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]©2019

Alvanoudi, Angeliki. author.

01-01-2018

1 online resource (xix, 178 pages)

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E-BOOK (Copy 1) EBL 1239261-1001 ONLINE

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Greek Australians

Immigrants

Language

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9783319908991

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Phonetic Symbols -- Transcription Conventions -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Abstract -- 1.1 Aim -- 1.2 Language Contact and Change: Setting the Scene -- 1.2.1 Defining Borrowing -- 1.2.2 Lexical and Grammatical Borrowing -- 1.2.3 Borrowing of Discourse Patterns -- 1.2.4 Factors Facilitating Language Contact-Induced Change -- 1.2.5 Defining Code Switching -- 1.2.6 Structural Aspects of Code Switching -- 1.2.7 Social and Conversational Aspects of Code Switching -- 1.3 Greek in Diaspora: Previous Studies -- 1.4 The Greek-Speaking Community in Cairns -- 1.5 Research Methodology -- 1.6 Structure of the Book -- References -- Chapter 2 Borrowing and Contact-Induced Change -- Abstract -- 2.1 Lexical Borrowing -- 2.1.1 Loanwords -- 2.1.2 Grammatical Treatment of Loanwords -- 2.1.3 Calques -- 2.2 Diffusion of Discourse Patterns -- 2.3 The Problem of Structural Convergence -- 2.4 'Ungrammatical' Greek -- 2.5 Motivations for Borrowing, and Borrowing Hierarchies: Evidence from Greek-Australian English Contact -- References -- Chapter 3 Mixing Codes -- Abstract -- 3.1 Code Mixing -- 3.2 Adjectives -- 3.3 Nouns -- 3.4 Verbs -- 3.5 Bilingual Compound Verbs -- 3.6 Pronouns, Adverbs, and Prepositional Phrases -- 3.7 Pragmatic Markers -- 3.8 Clause Structure -- 3.9 Code Mixing as a Discourse Mode: A Note on Individual Variation -- References -- Chapter 4 Conversational Code Switching -- Abstract -- 4.1 Code Switching: The Interactional Perspective -- 4.2 Pursuing a Response -- 4.3 Marking Asymmetry Between Speaker and Hearer -- 4.4 Opening and Closing Sequences -- 4.5 Speech Reports -- 4.6 Doing Positive Assessments -- 4.7 Marking New Information -- 4.8 Other Functions -- 4.9 More Than One Functions -- 4.10 Code Switching as a Practice for Social Action in Interaction -- References -- Chapter 5 Participant-Related Code Switching -- Abstract -- 5.1 Defining the Pattern -- 5.2 Word Searches -- 5.3 Orienting to Recipient's Competence in English -- 5.4 Participant-Related Self-Repetitions -- 5.4.1 A Note on Self-Repetition in Bilingual Conversation -- 5.5 Participant-Related Code Switching: A 'Window' on Bilingual Speakers' Cognition -- References -- Chapter 6 What Can We Conclude? -- Abstract -- 6.1 Factors Influencing Language Maintenance -- 6.2 Summary -- 6.2.1 Limitations and Directions for Future Research -- References -- Appendix -- References -- Index.

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