Language convergence is a type of linguistic change in which languages come to resemble one another structurally as a result of prolonged language contact...

languages interact closely, it is typical for their languages to influence each other. Intensive language contact may result in language convergence or...

Look up convergence, converges, or converging in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Convergence may refer to: Convergence (book series), edited by Ruth...

we attribute as the cause of their behavior" It applies to convergence in that convergence might be viewed positively or negatively depending on the causes...

including language convergence, borrowing, and relexification (the replacement of much of the native vocabulary with that of another language). In situations...

mutual intelligibility among most Burmese dialects, especially with language convergence. Dialects in Tanintharyi Region, including Palaw, Merguese, and Tavoyan...

new language, known as a creole, language contact can result in changes, such as language convergence, language shift or language death. Language convergence...

accommodate to them in a phenomenon known as upward convergence. The opposite, downward convergence, where a higher-status person accommodates to a lower...

Philippines. pp. 31–68. Pallesen, A. Kemp (1985). "Culture Contact and Language Convergence" (PDF). Linguistic Society of the Philippines. LSP Special Monograph...

Instrumental convergence is the hypothetical tendency for most sufficiently intelligent, goal-directed beings (human and nonhuman) to pursue similar sub-goals...

mathematical field of analysis, uniform convergence is a mode of convergence of functions stronger than pointwise convergence. A sequence of functions ( f n )...

Curtis, Matthew Cowan (30 November 2011). Slavic–Albanian Language Contact, Convergence, and Coexistence. p. 18. ISBN 978-1-267-58033-7. Retrieved 31...

variety is seemingly gradually being phased out due to increased language convergence with neighboring varieties of Arabic, further complicating the situation...

[page needed] Convergence is defined by Blackman (1998) as a trend in the evolution of technology services and industry structures. Convergence is later defined...

(subscription required) Pallesen, A. Kemp. 1985. Culture contact and language convergence. Philippine journal of linguistics: special monograph issue, 24....

Process-based convergence is when the convergence is due to similar forces of natural selection. Earlier methods for measuring convergence incorporate ratios...

Bloomfield, Leonard (1994). Language. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 81-208-1196-8. Edzard, Lutz. Polygenesis, Convergence, and Entropy: An Alternative...

(Hebrew: תוכנית ההתכנסות; Arabic: خطة إعادة التنظيم), originally dubbed the convergence plan, was a proposal by Israel to unilaterally disengage from 90% of...

for convergence to occur. Determination of convergence requires the comprehension of pointwise convergence, uniform convergence, absolute convergence, Lp...

the source and recipient languages is particularly intensive and long-term, as in a Sprachbund, leading to language convergence; or when the borrowing takes...

Uyghur language. Her research is notable in arguing for the areal significance of Chinese Inner Asia as a Sprachbund, a region of language convergence. Her...

32 (1): 89–101. Alfred Kemp Pallasen (1985). Culture Contact and Language Convergence (PDF). LSP Special Monograph Issue 24. Linguistic Society of the...

industries. The publish the English language journal Applied Science and Convergence Technology (ASCT) and the Korean-language journal 진공 이야기 or Vacuum Magazine...

[pəʂˈto, pʊxˈto, pəʃˈto, pəçˈto]) is an eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family, natively spoken in northwestern Pakistan and southern...

interlocutor. However, this does not always entail upward social convergence. Downward convergence occurs when speakers choose to adopt a lower-prestige variety...

romanized: Hellēnikḗ) is an Indo-European language, constituting an independent Hellenic branch within the Indo-European language family. It is native to Greece...

The National Convergence (Spanish: Convergencia Nacional) is a political party in Venezuela. It was founded in 1993 by former President of Venezuela Rafael...

refer to this as a language convergence instead. Another consideration when evaluating the above proposal is that some languages that developed from...

[ʕaraˈbij]) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The ISO assigns language codes to 32 varieties of...

(lingua Latina or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins...