Modern Greek in Diaspora An Australian Perspective /

• Main Author: Alvanoudi, Angeliki (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Greek language.; Linguistic change.; Sociolinguistics.; Bilingualism.; Pragmatics.; Emigration and immigration.; Greek.; Language Change.; Diaspora.

This book presents an in-depth fieldwork-based study of the Greek language spoken by immigrants in Cairns, Far North Queensland, Australia. The study analyzes language contact-induced changes and code switching patterns, by integrating perspectives from contact linguistics and interactional approach...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Borrowing and contact-induced change
• Chapter 3: Mixing codes
• Chapter 4: Conversational code switching
• Chapter 5: Participant-related code switching
• Chapter 6: What can we conclude?.