Compromise form

Compromise form , also called addition form, is a term from linguistics . It is a special kind of linguistic addition in which a third is formed from the ways in which two languages are spoken. In other words, the speakers in linguistic or dialectal border regions agree on a third form with regard to a differently used word or different expressions, which was not previously included in both languages or dialects, but can be used and understood by everyone.

If the proportion of compromise forms from always the same source languages is high in a language variety , one also speaks of a balance language between these languages.

Examples

in the dialects of the Eifel to the Lower Rhine comparisons with " as made" ( ene bus is jröößer as ene Hongk ), in the German but with " a " ( a bus is greater than a dog ), in mediating Regiolekt is besides these two Forms also often use the compromise form " as like " ( En bus is greater than like en hunnd )
the south rhine hont (dog) arose from the honkt in the Ruhr-Wupper area and the north rhine honk .

swell

Helmut Glück (Ed.): Metzler-Lexikon Sprach , 2000