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Unidirectional Multilingual Convergence: Typological and Social Factors
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Yakpo, Kofi – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2023
Suriname represents an interesting case of unidirectional multilingual convergence in a linguistic area. The multilingual ecology of Suriname is hierarchical. The Germanic language Dutch exerts structural and lexical influence 'downwards', but other languages do not do so 'upwards' to the same degree. This study analyses the development of word…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Language Classification, Indo European Languages, Foreign Countries