An Introduction to Contact Linguistics

von Donald Winford

434 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.