An Introduction to Contact Linguistics - Paperback

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.

• | Author: Donald Winford
• | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• | Publication Date: Jan 10, 2003
• | Number of Pages: 448 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0631212515
• | ISBN-13: 9780631212515