TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomason,Sarah Grey
TI  - Language contact
SN  - 0748607196
U1  - 303.446 
PY  - 2001///]
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Languages in contact
KW  - Sociolinguistics
KW  - Interference (Linguistics)
KW  - Linguistic change
KW  - Languages, Mixed
KW  - Comparative linguistics
N1  - 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
ER  -