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Apr 15, 2017 · Something stronger than "subtle influences" may be found in creole languages, which arise in trade contexts where many cultures meet (esp. for trade purposes) and lacking a common language, a rudimentary pidgin language develops (not a language learned by children), and then this may further develop onto a full-blown language. This process involves boiling a language down to just basic ...
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The merged community may continue to use two different...
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Language convergence. Language convergence is a type of linguistic change in which languages come to resemble one another structurally as a result of prolonged language contact and mutual interference, regardless of whether those languages belong to the same language family, i.e. stem from a common genealogical proto-language. [1]
Feb 17, 2021 · The merged community may continue to use two different languages, descended from language A and language B, with most people being bilingual; most usually, a lot of words from language A are borrowed into language B, and a lot of words from language B make it into language A. We say that the new changed language A' is descended from A with a small / moderate / heavy influence from language B ...
Apr 28, 2017 · There are contact languages and "mixed languages' like Michif, which is a blend of French and Cree. You could call it merging if you want. But languages like Michif are very rare. – jlawler. Apr 29, 2017 at 1:58. Depends on what you mean by 'merge together'. Have a read of WP on language strata. This is a more common situation than the "mixed ...
There is strong evidence that language users converge linguistically to both observed and unobserved linguistic behavior. Several studies have found convergence in the absence of strong social cues (Babel, 2010; Goldinger, 1998; Nielsen, 2011; Shockley et al., 2004) or to linguistic variants that are not readily attached to social characteristics (such as Zellou et al., 2017, who found ...
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Language convergence refers to the process by which two or more languages become more similar over time as a result of prolonged contact and interaction between their speakers. This phenomenon often occurs in multilingual societies where speakers of different languages engage in communication, leading to the borrowing of vocabulary, grammar, and phonetic features. Through this blending ...
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Apr 14, 2016 · The effects of linguistic convergence can be divided into language-related effects and non-language-related effects. The language-related effects encompass the effects of linguistic convergence that directly influence the way people communicate. For example, linguistic convergence leads to new forms of communication, new specialized languages ...
