Contact Languages A Comprehensive Guide
Kombinasjonsprodukt /
2013
/ Engelsk
Product details
ISBN
9781614513728
Published
2013-06-26
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter Inc
Height
230 mm
Width
155 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Number of pages
441
Biographical note
Yaron Matras, University of Manchester, UK; Peter Bakker, Aarhus University, Denmark.
This volume deals with several types of contact languages: pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, and multi-ethnolects. It also approaches contact languages from two perspectives: an historical linguistic perspective, more specifically from a viewpoint of genealogical linguistics, language descent and linguistic family tree models; and a sociolinguistic perspective, identifying specific social contexts in which contact languages emerge.
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Deals with several types of contact languages: pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, and multi-ethnolects.
Product details
ISBN
9781614513728
Published
2013-06-26
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter Inc
Height
230 mm
Width
155 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Kombinasjonsprodukt
Number of pages
441