Language contact : new perspectives /
The study of languages in contact is an ever-relevant topic in linguistics, especially at present times when increasing globalization leads to a number of new contact situations. This volume features ten papers on various aspects of language contact by leading specialists in the field. In these pape...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2010.
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Colección: | Impact, studies in language and society ;
28. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The study of languages in contact is an ever-relevant topic in linguistics, especially at present times when increasing globalization leads to a number of new contact situations. This volume features ten papers on various aspects of language contact by leading specialists in the field. In these papers, contact-induced change in a wide variety of languages is approached from various perspectives, reflecting the current state of affairs in language contact studies. The first main theme in the volume is related to the linguistic effects of migration, both in the present and in the past, and both. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9789027288431 9027288437 9027218676 9789027218674 1282558641 9781282558649 9786612558641 6612558644 |