When a Koiné Meets Larger Lingua Francas: Attrition of English Loanwords in Shanghainese Induced by New Language Contacts

Autor/in	Li, Jian
Titel	When a Koiné Meets Larger Lingua Francas: Attrition of English Loanwords in Shanghainese Induced by New Language Contacts
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 40 (2019) 8, S.721-736 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2018.1555253
Schlagwörter	Linguistic Borrowing; English (Second Language); Age Differences; Verbs; Nouns; Diachronic Linguistics; Mandarin Chinese; Language Skill Attrition; Foreign Countries; Official Languages; Language Usage; Cultural Traits; Language Variation; Migration; Second Language Learning; Bilingualism; Dialects; China (Shanghai) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehnwort; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Linguistics; Diachronische Sprachbetrachtung; Historische Linguistik; Sprachverfall; Ausland; Office language; Amtssprache; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachenvielfalt; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Bilingualismus; Dialect; Dialekt
Abstract	This article investigates 90 Shanghainese participants' cross-generational use and knowledge of 140 English loanwords in Shanghainese which are deemed as an important part of Shanghai Regional Culture (SRC). The quantitative results reveal that the older participants use and know much more of English loanwords than the younger ones, and that many distinctive loan verbs and nouns are replaced by Putonghua (PTH) equivalents. By analysing the results of both the questionnaire survey and interviews based on the Guy's [1990. "The Sociolinguistic Types of Language Change." "Diachronica" 7: 47-67] classificatory paradigm of language changes, I argue that this lexical replacement, as a type of 'imposition', caused by the intense contact between Shanghainese and PTH, suggests lexical attrition of Shanghainese, which leads to linguistic convergence and cultural homogeneity. In the new contact triggered by nationwide migration, the national lingua franca has cut off the direct contact between Shanghainese and English. Shanghainese has retreated from a regional koiné to a vernacular. (As Provided).
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