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Publication details [#56558]

Poplack, Shana and Nathalie Dion. 2012. Myths and facts about loanword development. Language Variation and Change 24 (3) : 279–315.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

borrowing | code-switching | language contact | language use | loanword

Language as a subject

English, Canadian | French, Canadian

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Tracking the diachronic path and synchronic conduct of English-origin fragments in Quebec French over a period of 61 years, this study discusses how other-language incorporations attain native item status and its results for borrowing and code-switching theories.