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.
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Languages in contact Sociolinguistics Interference (Linguistics) Linguistic change Languages, Mixed Comparative linguistics