English as a contact language /
"Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2013.
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Colección: | Studies in English language.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | "Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is on recent debates surrounding substratal influence in earlier forms of English (particularly Celtic influence in Old English), on language shift processes (the formation of Irish and overseas varieties) but also on dialects in contact, the contact origins of Standard English, the notion of new epicentres in World English, the role of children and adults in language change as well as transfer and language learning. With contributions from leading experts, the book offers fresh and exciting perspectives for research and is at the same time an up-to-date overview of the state of the art in the respective fields"-- |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (406 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical referencesand index. |
ISBN: | 9781139611824 1139611828 9781139624848 1139624849 9780511740060 0511740069 9781139615549 1139615548 9781283899345 1283899345 1107234034 9781107234031 1139609963 9781139609968 1139608452 9781139608459 1139621122 9781139621120 9781107558564 1107558565 |