Language Contact
eBook - PDF

Language Contact

An Introduction

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Language Contact

An Introduction

About this book

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 happens to different peoples and to their languages when they come into contact?

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. 1. Introduction
  4. 2. Contact Onsets and Stability
  5. 3. Multilingualism in Nations and Individuals
  6. 4. Contact-Induced Language Change: Results
  7. 5. Linguistic Areas
  8. 6. Contact-Induced Language Change: Mechanisms
  9. 7. Contact Languages 1: Pidgins and Creoles
  10. 8. Contact Languages II: Other Mixed Langauges
  11. 9. Language Death
  12. 10. Endangered Languages
  13. Appendix 1: A Map of Some Contact Situations Around the World
  14. Appendix 2: Official Languages in the World's Nations
  15. Glossary
  16. References
  17. Language index
  18. Names index
  19. Subject index