Language Contact : : An Introduction / / Sarah G. Thomason.
GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748607198);What happens to different peoples and to their languages when they come into contact?Language contact is everywhere: many nations have more than one official language, and quite possibly most people in the world speak two or more languages. What...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Contact Onsets and Stability
- 3 Multilingualism in Nations and Individuals
- 4 Contact-Induced Language Change: Results
- 5 Linguistic Areas
- 6 Contact-Induced Language Change: Mechanisms
- 7 Contact Languages I: Pidgins and Creoles
- 8 Contact Languages II: Other Mixed Languages
- 9 Language Death
- 10 Endangered Languages
- Appendix 1: A Map of Some Contact Situations Around the World
- Appendix 2: Official Language in the World's Nations
- Glossary
- References
- Language index
- Name index
- Subject index