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The convergence process between Faroese and Faro-Danish

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2011

Hjalmar P. Petersen
Hjalmar P. Petersen*
Affiliation:
SFB Mehrsprachigkeit Universität Hamburg, Max-Brauer-Alle 60, 22765 Hamburg, Deutschland. [email protected]
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Abstract

The topic of this paper is convergence in an asymmetrical bilingual setting, and it will be shown that the outcome of the convergence process is different in the dominant language (L1) from what it is in the receiving language (L2). In L1, there is complication of the receiving language, while there is reduction in the syntax of the L2.

Keywords

adaptation to pre-existing syntactic structuresasymmetrical bilingualismconvergenceRecipient Language agentivitySource Language agentivity
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Research Article
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Nordic Journal of Linguistics , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , May 2011 , pp. 5 - 28
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Copyright © Nordic Association of Linguistics 2011

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