An Introduction to Contact Linguistics (Language in Society)

by Donald Winford (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $45.67

  This book is a comprehensive introduction to the study of language contact and its outcomes, as well as the social and linguistic factors involved. * Provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of contact linguistics. * Examines a wide range of language contact phenomena from both general linguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. * Offers an account of current approaches to all of the major types of contact-induced change. * Discusses the general processes and principles that are at work in cases of contact.