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Contactul Lingvistic și Situatia Interferențelor Lingvistice
Linguistic Contact and the Situation of Linguistic Interferences

Author(s): Mădălina Bălu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Language acquisition, Comparative Linguistics, Psycholinguistics, Philology
Published by: Universitatea Liberă Internațională din Moldova
Keywords: language;bilingualism;behavior;interdisciplinary;linguistic contact;

Summary/Abstract: Linguistic contact (interlinear contact) or contact between languages - signifies all situations in which the simultaneous presence of two languages affects the language behavior of the individual (Weinrch); the term refers both to the psycholinguistic function of the individual who possesses more than one language (hence, the bilingual individual) and the bilinear environment in which the individual has to adapt his or her behavior. Contact between languages looks like the pursuit of interference - the reciprocal influence of languages. Degree however, the influence is directly influenced by the linguistic factors: structure and origin. In this respect, two languages closely related to one another or with a very similar structure will influence each other much more strongly than two languages related to one another or typological. Whatever the point of the interest in following the contact between languages, the starting point is always a certain stage of bilingvism. The problem of contact between languages and, implicitly, the problem of bilingualism cannot be studied except on an interdisciplinary basis. The search for research involves an important sociological dimension, because we want to examine the contact between languages and, implicitly, bilingualism, this is, of course, we need to know the sociocultural framework in which we have a cultural and social contact

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 48-55
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian