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Evidence of contact with Malay/Indonesian in the Enggano language

Abstract:
This paper presents evidence of contact with Malay/Indonesian in the Enggano language by comparing a corpus collected by Hans Kähler in 1930s with a contemporary corpus collected as part of an ongoing documentation project since 2018. We demonstrate that Contemporary Enggano has a much higher rate of lexical borrowings and code-switching, and has undergone contact-induced change at the level of phonology, morphology and syntax. We interpret this as evidence of increased contact, reflecting changes in the status and usage of Malay/Indonesian in daily life on Enggano, in keeping with the context of language endangerment.
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.15026/ 0002000126

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
HUMS
Department:
Linguistics Philology and Phonetics Faculty
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Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-3076-5544


Publisher:
Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Journal:
NUSA More from this journal
Volume:
75
Pages:
19–51
Publication date:
2023-09-30
Acceptance date:
2023-01-15
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EISSN:
2187-7297
ISSN:
0126-2874


Language:
English
Pubs id:
1609324
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pubs:1609324
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2024-01-31
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