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Accommodation and Language Contact.

Barbara Gili Fivela¹, Cinzia Avesani²

¹University of Salento, Italy.

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|May 17, 2024

Summary

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This special issue explores language contact and speaker accommodation, viewing accommodation as a unified process driving linguistic changes in various settings. It examines how this process affects learners, bilinguals, and heritage speakers over time.

Keywords:

Accommodation L2 learning bilingualism heritage speakers language change language contact phonetics and phonology

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Area of Science:

Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Phonetics and Phonology

Background:

The Special Issue originates from the 2019 Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE) conference.
It focuses on language contact and speaker accommodation dynamics.

Discussion:

Examines temporary and stable linguistic changes within a unitary framework of accommodation.
Discusses factors influencing linguistic systems in contact situations.
Reviews contributions on accommodation in L2 learners, heritage speakers, and societal language contact.

Key Insights:

Accommodation is presented as a gradual, non-homogeneous process applicable across diverse contact scenarios.
It impacts L2 learners and bilinguals temporarily and long-term.
Long-term accommodation can lead to community-wide language evolution.

Outlook:

Further research into the temporal dimensions of accommodation in dialect and language contact.
Investigating the role of accommodation in shaping linguistic systems of diverse speaker groups.
Exploring the universal nature of accommodation in all interactions and its long-term societal effects.