Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Historical Context -- 3. The Linguistic Context -- 4. The Sociolinguistic Context -- 5. Phonetics and Phonology -- 6. Liaison -- 7. Morphosyntax -- 8. Lexis -- 9. The Influence of Norman on Its Superstrate Languages -- 10. Concluding Remarks
Summary
King John of England"s defeat by the French in 1204 led to the territorial fragmentation of the Duchy of Normandy. Henceforth, the Norman mainland, allied to France, and the Channel Islands, allied to England, would find themselves on different sides of an ever-widening linguistic gulf. In this book, Mari C. Jones examines the way in which contact between the Norman dialect and its two typologically different superstrates (French and English) provides optimal conditions to study the linguistic mechanisms of dialect contacts and language contacts. Through the analysis of extensive and original phonological, morphosyntactic and lexical data, set in their historical and sociolinguistic contexts, this fascinating study explores how advergence with its superstrates has led Norman to diverge linguistically within these territories