Die Rolle der Prestige im Sprachkontakt
The role of prestige in language contact
Author(s): Attila KelemenSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: prestige; dominance relationship; borrowing; language contact; speakers
Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the role of the external factor “prestige’ in the contact between languages, the way how the prestige, the dominance relationship decides the development and direction of the borrowing process, as well as the survival of certain words and structure, and even the fate of a language.
Journal: Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica
- Issue Year: 6/2014
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 461-473
- Page Count: 13
- Language: German