The handbook of language contact /

The Handbook of Language Contact offers systematic coverage of the major issues in this field - ranging from the value of contact explanations in linguistics, to the impact of immigration, to dialectology - combining new research from a team of globally renowned scholars, with case studies of numero...

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Other Authors: Hickey, Raymond, 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Series:Blackwell handbooks in linguistics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The Handbook of Language Contact offers systematic coverage of the major issues in this field - ranging from the value of contact explanations in linguistics, to the impact of immigration, to dialectology - combining new research from a team of globally renowned scholars, with case studies of numerous languages. An authoritative reference work exploring the major issues in the field of language contact: the study of how language changes when speakers of distinct speech varieties interactBrings together 40 specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholarsExamines language contac.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 863 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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