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SUMMARY:Language contact and shift: a comparison of the peninsular societi
 es of Hong Kong and Gibraltar. - Daniel Heys (RCEAL)
DTSTART:20070612T150000Z
DTEND:20070612T163000Z
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CONTACT:Teresa Parodi
DESCRIPTION:Hong Kong and Gibraltar are territories with much in common so
 ciolinguistically\, not least because both are sites where the English lan
 guage\, transplanted by British colonialism\, has interacted with native l
 anguages – notably (but not exclusively) Cantonese in Hong Kong and Span
 ish in Gibraltar.  The ratio of language mix (or the ratio of codeswitchin
 g) is however distinct for each territory\, even if English is exerting a 
 greater pull on the speech habits of both Hong Kongers and Gibraltarians. 
  This talk will address what sociohistorical factors have led to these dif
 ferentiated mixtures\, and how current trends in language choice can be ex
 plained through anthropological factors.  It is hoped that the work on whi
 ch this talk is based will refine the existing methodologies used to gauge
  language shift\, and act as a first step towards a holistic typology of s
 peech communities. 
LOCATION:GR-06/07\, English Faculty Building
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