Volume 30, 2018

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    Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, Volume 30, Fall 2018
    (Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 2018-11-05) Abdollahnejad, E.; Abu Amsha, D.; Burkinshaw, K.; Daniel, A. D.; Nelson, B. C.
    The editors of this issue, Elias Abdollahnejad, Dua'a Abu Amsha, Kelly Burkinshaw, Adam D. Daniel, and Brett C. Nelson, are pleased to present the thirtieth issue of the Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics published by the Department of Linguistics in the School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Calgary. The papers published here represent works in progress and as such should not be considered in any way final or definitive.
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    The relationship between synchronic and diachronic linguistic processes: a discussion of language acquisition and language contact
    (Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 2018-11-05) Hracs, Lindsay
    The present study investigates the relationship between synchronic processes in Second Language Acquisition and diachronic processes in Language Contact. The focus is on examining laryngeal contrasts in the L2 acquisition of English stops by native speakers of Dutch, and the hypothesized Romance/Germanic contact situation which is argued to have resulted in the Dutch laryngeal system. Using van Coetsem's (1988) framework, the investigation reveals that there are indeed similarities. Furthermore, a re-examination of the acquisition data (originally presented in Simon, 2009, 2011) shows that a more detailed account must be made to claim that there is a relationship between synchronic and diachronic processes. Moreover, I argue that for the Uniformitarian Principle to hold true, theories must make the same predictions regarding both language acquisition and language contact data.