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In:Constraints on Language Variation and Change in Complex Multilingual Contact Settings
Edited by Bertus van Rooy and Haidee Kotze
[Contact Language Library 60] 2024
► pp. 1–28

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Chapter 1
Introduction

The constrained communication framework for studying contact-influenced varieties

 | Utrecht University | North-West University
 | University of Amsterdam | North-West University
Published online: 20 June 2024
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Abstract
This introductory chapter sketches an overview of the origins of and background to the constrained language (or constrained communication) framework that informs this volume. It outlines the five constraint dimensions identified in the framework, and the usage-based theoretical grounding of the framework. Subsequently, each chapter in the volume is situated within the framework, highlighting how each study contributes to the further development of the framework. The chapter concludes with some brief reflections on methodological challenges for the study of constrained language.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Theoretical grounding of the constrained communication framework
  • 3.The constraints and varieties analysed in this book
  • 4.Methods for studying constrained communication
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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