| Abstrakt: |
This section introduces a series of articles related to the study of koines and koineization. The articles in this issue discuss various aspects of the processes and stages involved in koineization. The first three emphasize the importance of dialect mixing in the formation of koines. Vit Bubenik goes back to the original Greek koine to discuss the prekoine stage, dialect mixing and leveling, simplification, stages of development, and contact with other languages. Rajend Mesthrie examines the mixed origins of South African Bhojpuri, persisting idiolectal variation, and the importance of demographic factors in koineization. Rob Amery presents for the first time detailed linguistic and sociolinguistic information on an Aboriginal koine in Australia--Dhuwaya-- which emerged from contact between various clan dialects in northeast Arnhemland. In the next article, Kees Veersteegt traces the use of the term koine in studies of Arabic and presents a dissenting point of view with regard to the use of the term koineization. Veersteegt also briefly mentions one case of planned koineization--the topic of the next two articles. Peter Mühlhäusler describes both artificial and natural koines in German colonies. |
