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Publication details [#6424]

Mackey, William F. 1970. Interference, integration and the synchronic fallacy. Monograph Series on Languages and Linguistics 23 : 195–223.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

bilingualism | diachrony vs. synchrony | language interference | linguistic convergence

Annotation

The concept of language as an evolving code is said to be more applicable to the analysis of the speech of bilinguals than the fictious synchronic/diachronic dichotomy. A method is suggested for distinguisting interference from integration.