metatypy
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Metatypy — (English pronunciation: /mɨˈtætɨpi/) is a type of morphosyntactic and semantic language change brought about by language contact involving multilingual speakers. The term was coined by linguist Malcolm Ross. Malcolm Ross (1999: 7, 1) gives the… … Wikipedia
Contact sign — A contact sign language, or contact sign, is a variety or style of language that arises from contact between a deaf sign language and a spoken language (or the written or manually coded form of the spoken language). Contact languages also arise… … Wikipedia
Calque — In linguistics, a calque (pronEng|kælk) or loan translation is a word or phrase borrowed from another language by literal, word for word (Latin: verbum pro verbo ) or root for root translation. For example, the common English phrase flea market… … Wikipedia
Language contact — occurs when two or more languages or varieties interact. The study of language contact is called contact linguistics. Multilingualism has likely been common throughout much of human history, and today most people in the world are multilingual.[1] … Wikipedia
Mixed language — A mixed language is a language that arises through the fusion of two source languages, normally in situations of thorough bilingualism, so that it is not possible to classify the resulting language as belonging to either of the language families… … Wikipedia
Contact Sign — is a variety or style of language that arises from contact between a Deaf sign language and a spoken language (or the written or manually coded form of the spoken language). Contact languages also arise between different sign languages, although… … Wikipedia
