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SUMMARY:Deborah Morton (Penn State) - Language Contact and Dialect Formation: A
nii Dialects and History
DESCRIPTION:Language Contact and Dialect Formation: \;Anii Dialects
and History\n\nThe Anii language is currently spoken on the border betwe
en Togo and Benin in West Africa\, but oral histories and language evide
nce both suggest that the language was brought to its current location b
y people moving eastward from what is now Ghana. Evidence will be presen
ted suggesting that it is unlikely that the Anii people have been in the
ir current location for more than 500 years\, perhaps less. Despite this
short amount of time\, there is considerable diversity in the dialects
of the language in the current area\, to the point that at least one dia
lect could be argued to be a different language altogether. In addition\
, the oral histories of many of the Anii villages clearly speak of multi
ple founding families\, often from different original cultures. These so
urce cultures are often not the same between villages. This talk will su
rvey the historical and linguistic evidence supporting the claim that th
e largest source of variation between the Anii dialects is historic (and
perhaps continuing) language contact\, rather than inherited changes.\n
\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/deborah-morton-penn-
state-language-contact-and-dialect-formation-anii-dialects-and-history/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Language Contact and Dialect Formation: Anii Dialects and History
The Anii language is currently spoken on the border between Togo and B
enin in West Africa, but oral histories and language evidence both sugge
st that the language was brought to its current location by people movin
g eastward from what is now Ghana. Evidence will be presented suggesting
that it is unlikely that the Anii people have been in their current loc
ation for more than 500 years, perhaps less. Despite this short amount o
f time, there is considerable diversity in the dialects of the language
in the current area, to the point that at least one dialect could be arg
ued to be a different language altogether. In addition, the oral histori
es of many of the Anii villages clearly speak of multiple founding famil
ies, often from different original cultures. These source cultures are o
ften not the same between villages. This talk will survey the historical
and linguistic evidence supporting the claim that the largest source of
variation between the Anii dialects is historic (and perhaps continuing
) language contact, rather than inherited changes.
For more
details:
https://events.la.psu.edu/event/deborah-morton-penn-state-language-conta
ct-and-dialect-formation-anii-dialects-and-history/
LOCATION:127 Moore Building
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