An Introduction to Contact Linguistics

von Winford

440 Seiten, Taschenbuch

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.

• Reihe: John Wiley & Sons
• ISBN: 9780631212515
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2003
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons