Dynamics of Language Contact: English and Immigrant Languages

Clyne, Michael

Cambridge University Press

The way in which people address one another is crucial to expressing social relationships and is closely linked with cultural values. In English we call some people by their first names, and others 'Mr' or 'Ms', followed by their surname. In some other languages there are different ways of saying 'you' depending on the degree of social distance. Exploring practices in the family, school, university, the workplace and in letters, this book reveals patterns in the varied ways people choose to address one another, from pronouns to first names, from honorifics to titles and last names. Examples are taken from contemporary English, French, German and Swedish, using rich data from focus group research, interviews, chat groups, and participant observation.

Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language

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A new perspective on language behavior, policy and attitudes in the German-language countries is revealed through the exploration of the dilemmas concerning language-related ethnicity.

Language and Society in the German-Speaking Countries

Literature & Fiction

Recent sociopolitical events have profoundly changed the status and functions of German and influenced its usage. In this textbook Michael Clyne revises and expands his original analysis of the German language in Language and Society in the German-Speaking Countries (CUP, 1984) in the light of such changes as the end of the Cold War, German unification, increasing European integration, and the changing self-images of Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg. His wide-ranging exploration shows that the German-speaking countries all have problems or dilemmas concerning nationhood or ethnicity that are language-related and/or language-marked.

The German Language in a Changing Europe

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Inter-cultural Communication at Work: Cultural Values in Discourse

In this interdisciplinary study, Michael Clyne examines the impact of cultural values on discourse. Through an exploration of the role of verbal communication patterns in successful and unsuccessful communication, he sets out to integrate and develop a framework for a linguistics of inter-cultural communication. He draws on data derived from recordings of spontaneous communication in the Australian workplace among people of vastly differing backgrounds, notably European and Asian, who use English as a lingua franca. This study offers both a pragmatics and a discourse perspective, not simply analyzing data but seeking to extend the theoretical model.

History & Criticism

Written by an expert in the field, this study examines the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context. Michael Clyne discusses the dynamics of contact with English using data from a wide range of languages, including German, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Vietnamese. Clyne analyzes how and why these languages change in a country with many immigrants such as Australia, as well as why some languages survive longer than others.

Dynamics of Language Contact: English and Immigrant Languages (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)

Written by an expert in the field, this study examines the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context. Michael Clyne discusses the dynamics of contact with English using data from a wide range of languages, including German, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Vietnamese. Clyne analyzes how and why these languages change in a country with many immigrants such as Australia, as well as why some languages survive longer than others.

The way in which people address one another is crucial to expressing social relationships and is closely linked with cultural values. In English we call some people by their first names, and others 'Mr' or 'Ms', followed by their surname. In some other languages there are different ways of saying 'you' depending on the degree of social distance. Exploring practices in the family, school, university, the workplace and in letters, this book reveals patterns in the varied ways people choose to address one another, from pronouns to first names, from honorifics to titles and last names. Examples are taken from contemporary English, French, German and Swedish, using rich data from focus group research, interviews, chat groups, and participant observation.

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Dynamics of Language Contact: English and Immigrant Languages

Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language

Language and Society in the German-Speaking Countries

Language and Society in the German-Speaking Countries

The German Language in a Changing Europe

The German Language in a Changing Europe

Inter-cultural Communication at Work: Cultural Values in Discourse

Dynamics of Language Contact: English and Immigrant Languages (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)

Dynamics of Language Contact: English and Immigrant Languages (Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact)

Language and Human Relations: Styles of Address in Contemporary Language