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Language contact : new perspectives / edited by Muriel Norde, Bob de Jonge, Cornelius Hasselblatt

Hasselblatt, Cornelius,i1960- ; Jonge, Robert de ; Norde, Muriel,i1968-

Amsterdam [u.a.] : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (vi, 225 pages) : Illustrations, maps

IMPACT: studies in language and society ; v. 28

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

978-90-272-8843-1 ; 90-272-8843-7 ; 90-272-1867-6 ; 978-90-272-1867-4 ; 1-282-55864-1 ; 978-1-282-55864-9 ; 978-90-272-1867-4

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The study of languages in contact is an ever-relevant topic in linguistics, especially at present times when increasing globalization leads to a number of new contact situations. This volume features ten papers on various aspects of language contact by leading specialists in the field. In these papers, contact-induced change in a wide variety of languages is approached from various perspectives, reflecting the current state of affairs in language contact studies. The first main theme in the volume is related to the linguistic effects of migration, both in the present and in the past, and both.