Description:"The Handbook of Language Contact" offers systematic coverage of the major issues in this field - ranging from the value of contact explanations in linguistics, to the impact of immigration, to dialectology - combining new research from a team of globally renowned scholars, with case studies of numerous languages.An authoritative reference work exploring the major issues in the field of language contact: the study of how language changes when speakers of distinct speech varieties interactBrings together 40 specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholarsExamines language contact in societies which have significant immigration populations, and includes a fascinating cross-section of case studies drawing on languages across the worldAccessibly structured into sections exploring the place of contact studies within linguistics as a whole; the value of contact studies for research into language change; and language contact in the context of work on language and societyExplores a broad range of topics, making it an excellent resource for both faculty and students across a variety of fields within linguisticsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Handbook of Language Contact (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics). To get started finding The Handbook of Language Contact (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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The Handbook of Language Contact (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)
Description: "The Handbook of Language Contact" offers systematic coverage of the major issues in this field - ranging from the value of contact explanations in linguistics, to the impact of immigration, to dialectology - combining new research from a team of globally renowned scholars, with case studies of numerous languages.An authoritative reference work exploring the major issues in the field of language contact: the study of how language changes when speakers of distinct speech varieties interactBrings together 40 specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholarsExamines language contact in societies which have significant immigration populations, and includes a fascinating cross-section of case studies drawing on languages across the worldAccessibly structured into sections exploring the place of contact studies within linguistics as a whole; the value of contact studies for research into language change; and language contact in the context of work on language and societyExplores a broad range of topics, making it an excellent resource for both faculty and students across a variety of fields within linguisticsWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Handbook of Language Contact (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics). To get started finding The Handbook of Language Contact (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.