What is language LANGUAGE CONTACT

contact?  speakers of different languages come in contact.

NATIVE SPEAKERS
Who are native  considered to own a particular language,
speakers?  Their version of the language (pronunciation, words, grammar
etc.) is considered to be the correct one.
 Native speakers learn a particular language as their first language
as children.
Who are non-native
speakers? NON- NATIVE LANGUAGE
 Speakers who learn a language as their second language.

NOT FOLLOWING RULES

 When native speakers decide not to follow a particular language
rule they consider changing the rule.
 When non-native speakers decide not to follow a particular
language they are considered breaking the rule.

 Language contact can produce borrowing.

What is diglossia?
DIGLOSSIA
 Language contact can cause languages to be spoken in specific
domains.
What is the
domain?
 Domains are situations consisting of speaker, topic, context etc.
Examples: Home, class, government offices or meetings, market,
community, events
Home- Mother Tongue
Community- Mother Tongue or Trade language

 Because of language contact, the language associated with a

particular group inherits the status, characteristics or views
associated with its speakers.
What is
bilingualism? BILINGUALISM
 Language in contact produces a certain amount of fluency in two
or more languages.

What are kinds of KINDS OF BILINGUALISM

bilingualism?  ADDITIVE BILINGUALISM- Speaker who is proficient in his/her
language learns another language.

 SUBTRACTIVE BILINGUALISM- Speaker (usually child) ends up

becoming less proficient in own language as they learn to speak
another dominant language.
  SEMI-LINGUALISM -Speaker is not sufficiently proficient in any
language.

What is language LANGUAGE INEQUALITY

inequality?  Some languages are deemed to be more beneficial than others.

What is language LANGUAGE SHIFT

shift?  The use of one language more and more and another language
less and less.
Example: Kapampangan and Pangasinense
 Parents trying to make English the first language of their kids
instead of Filipino.
What is language LANGUAGE DEATH
death?  When a language is no longer spoken by any person.
Example: Central Tagbanwa, Some Negrito languages, Kapampangan
and Pangasinense

What is code CODE SWITCHING

switching?  When speaker speaks one language then another in a
conversation.

What are types of INTRA-SENTENTIAL CODE SWITCHING

code switching?  When a speaker uses two or more language elements in an
utterance.

INTER-SENTENTIAL CODE SWITCHING

 When a speaker uses two or more language elements between
utterances.

SUMMARY:
Language in contact is based on the environment and how a speaker expose in the language.