This paper introduces two linguistic fields dealing with language change: contact linguistics and sociolinguistic research on variation. It argues that although there is no language change without variation, linguistic variation is still an opaque area, a blind spot, for most contact-induced language change studies. The role of variation in changes occurring in multilingual settings has not been much discussed in the literature and the exact role and interplay of the notions of ‘variation’, ‘change’ and ‘contact’ have not yet been fully explored. This paper proposes to examine more precisely the relationship between variation and change in language contact settings.
Puolato, Daniela, F. Neveu, G. Bergounioux, M.-H. Côté, J.-M. Fournier, L. Hriba & S. Prévost
2016. Langues en contact, langues en danger : une étude de cas autour de la négation verbale et autres mots-N en francoprovençal des Pouilles. SHS Web of Conferences 27 ► pp. 13006 ff.
Ravindranath, Maya
2015. Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Contact. Language and Linguistics Compass 9:6 ► pp. 243 ff.
Borges, Robert
2013. The role of extralinguistic factors in linguistic variation and contact-induced language change among Suriname's Coppename Kwinti and Ndyuka Maroons. Acta Linguistica Hafniensia 45:2 ► pp. 228 ff.
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