An Introduction to Contact Linguistics (Language in Society)

An Introduction to Contact Linguistics (Language in Society)

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This book is a comprehensive introduction to the study of language contact and its outcomes, as well as the social and linguistic factors involved. <br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> </li> <li>Provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of contact linguistics.<br /> </li> <li>Examines a wide range of language contact phenomena from both general linguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives.<br /> </li> <li>Offers an account of current approaches to all of the major types of contact-induced change.<br /> </li> <li>Discusses the general processes and principles that are at work in cases of contact.</li> </ul>