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Thomason, Sarah Grey,

Language contact / Language contact : An introduction. Sarah G. Thomason. - x, 310 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 Language I: Pidgins and Creoles -- 8. Contact Languages II: Other Mixed Languages -- 9. Language Death -- 10. Endangered Languages -- App. 1. A Map of Some Contact Situations Around the World -- App. 2. Official Languages in the World's Nations.

ISBN: 0748607196 9780748607198 0748611665 9780748611669

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Languages in contact
Sociolinguistics
Interference (Linguistics)
Linguistic change
Languages, Mixed
Comparative linguistics

Dewey Class. No.: 303.446