The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay ：A Case of Extreme Language Contact ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：A Case of Extreme Language Contact

Publication series ：1

Author： Nordhoff   Sebastian  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2012

E-ISBN: 9789004242258

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004234130

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004234130

Subject： H631.1 Mandarin and Malay (Malaysia)

Language： ENG

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Description

Sri Lanka Malay shows extreme language contact: Malay phonology and lexicon are squared with clearly Indian morphosyntax and semantics. Historical, anthropological, typological and structural approaches shed light on the complex genesis and rapid evolution of this language.

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Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

List of Tables

pp.：  7 – 8

List of Figures

pp.：  9 – 10

List of Contributors

pp.：  11 – 14

Acknowledgements

pp.：  15 – 16

Abbreviations

pp.：  17 – 18

PART I. OVERVIEW

pp.：  19 – 20

Chapter One. Introduction

pp.：  21 – 30

Chapter Two. Synchronic grammar of Sri Lanka Malay

pp.：  31 – 68

PART II. SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY, AND DEMOGRAPHY

pp.：  69 – 70

Chapter Three. Sri Lanka Malay: new findings on contacts

pp.：  71 – 102

Chapter Four. Known, inferable, and discoverable in Sri Lankan Malay research

pp.：  103 – 138

Chapter Five. Issues of Power and Privilege in the Maintenance of Sri Lanka Malay: A Sociolinguistic Analysis

pp.：  139 – 164

PART III. LANGUAGE CONTACT

pp.：  165 – 166

Chapter Six. The Lexical Sources of Sri Lanka Malay Revisited

pp.：  167 – 182

Chapter Seven. Sri Lankan Languages in the South-South Asia Linguistic Area: Sinhala and Sri Lanka Malay

pp.：  183 – 212

Chapter Eight. Hijacked constructions in Second Language Acquisition: Implications for Sri Lanka Malay

pp.：  213 – 250

Chapter Nine. The Semantics of Serial Verb Constructions in Sri Lanka Malay

pp.：  251 – 268

Chapter Ten. The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay as a Multi-Layered Process

pp.：  269 – 298

Index

pp.：  299 – 312

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