Convergence (linguistics)
Convergence can be described in contrastive linguistics when comparing languages if several terms ( relating to a phenomenon) in the source language can only be assigned to one term ( relating to a phenomenon) in the target language .
In another usage within linguistics , convergence is understood as the convergence of languages that are in contact with one another in relation to different features (e.g. within linguistic areas or language groups ). It becomes part of the language change .
The opposite of convergence is divergence .
literature
- Wolfgang Dahmen, Günter Holtus, Johannes Kramer, Michael Metzeltin, Wolfgang Schweickard, Otto Winkelmann (eds.): Convergence and divergence in the Romance languages. Tübingen Contributions to Linguistics, Volume 396, Romance Colloquium VIII., Narr, Tübingen 1995
- Matthias Hüning, Barbara Schlücker: Convergence and divergence in word formation - composition in Dutch and in German. Pp. 1-42
- Eugenio Coseriu : Divergence, convergence, parallelism: typology of the so-called language change . In: Invisible hand and choice of speakers. Typology and processes of language change in Romania (= Tübingen contributions to linguistics ). tape 471 . Narr, Tübingen 2005, p. 77–86 ( PDF on uni-tuebingen.de ).