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"Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Studies in English language
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| Summary: |
"Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is on recent debates surrounding substratal influence in earlier forms of English (particularly Celtic influence in Old English), on language shift processes (the formation of Irish and overseas varieties) ... |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-384) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781107001961 (hardback) : 110700196X (hardback) |
| Index Number: | PE1075 |
| CLC: | H310.9 |
| Call Number: | H310.9/E583 |
| Contents: |
Introduction: nothing but a contact language ... / The role of contact in English syntactic change in the Old and Middle English periods / Multilingualism and code-switching as mechanisms of contact-induced lexical change in late Middle English / The contact origins of Standard English / English as a contact language in the British Isles / English as a contact language in Ireland and Scotland / The contact dynamics of socioethnic varieties in North America / |