Multiethnolect
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Recent papers in Multiethnolect
In the present paper, we combine qualitative and quantitative analyses in an investigation of linguistic coherence. We propose a view of coherence as an interpretation of empirical observations rather than something that would be “out... more
Recent work on London English has found innovation in inner city areas, most likely as the outcome of dialect contact. These innovations are shared by speakers of different ethnic backgrounds, and have been identified as features of... more
Taking a comparative perspective on European and African settings, this chapter describes several contact dialects that emerged in multilingual and multiethnic urban contexts among young people. These dialects emerge as peer-group markers... more
Youth languages in urban multicultural settings that are often labelled “multiethnolects” have received growing attention in the last two decades. In public debate, they are sometimes described as a step towards imminent “creolisation.”... more
Previous research has shown that in densely populated multicultural areas of London, a new dialect has emerged amongst young speakers referred to as Multicultural London English (MLE), the result of language contact between different... more
This short note studies the verbal collocations of the Moroccan word rwina in modern Dutch. While the most common collocation is with "zetten" 'to put', many other verbs can be used.
My presentation will highlight and criticize the paradigms of majority/dialect and minority/multiethnolect with a focus on young Norwegian speakers (with both Norwegian and immigrant backgrounds) who grew up in multiethnic areas in Oslo.... more
In the variety of Dutch spoken by young Moroccans growing up in the Netherlands and Flanders, yes/no interrogatives are found that combine Dutch content with Moroccan Arabic and Tarifiyt Berber interrogative marking. One regularly finds... more
RÉSUMÉ DE NOTRE THÈSE DE DOCTORAT : Dans son article « Sociolinguistic studies in Norway 1970-1991: a critical overview », Trudgill (1995 :7) range volontiers les Norvégiens parmi les « meilleurs sociolinguistes du monde » qui font... more
Communication dans le cadre du séminaire des doctorants du laboratoire REIGENN (Représentations et identités. Espace germanique, néerlandophone et nordique) (EA 35565) de l’Université Paris Sorbonne sur le thème « Tensions entre localisme... more
Communication à COLDOC (COLDOC est un colloque annuel organisé par les doctorants et jeunes chercheurs en Sciences du langage du laboratoire MoDyCo (UMR 7114 – CNRS/Université Paris Ouest Nanterre/Université Paris Descartes). Sur le thème... more
Intervention dans le cadre de la Première Université doctorale d’hiver franco-suédoise autour du Boréalisme, organisée par l’Université de Linköping, l’Académie royale des sciences suédoise, l’Université de Stockholm, le Muséum d’Histoire... more