The Effects of Language Contact on Lexical Semantics: The Case of Abui

Abstract

the effects of language contact on lexical semantics 393 language in a language contact scenario, may also accelerate this process. If the dominant (donor) language uses one word to express what the endangered (recipient) language traditionally expressed as two or more words, then contact is more likely to result in the endangered language favoring one word and dropping the other. This has been shown by countless bilingualism and heritage language studies (