Language Contact

by Yaron Matras

Book Overview

Language contact occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence one another. Drawing on the author's own first-hand observations of child and adult bilingualism, this book combines his original research with an up-to-date introduction to key concepts, to provide a holistic, original theory of contact linguistics. Going beyond a descriptive outline of contact phenomena, it introduces a theory of contact-induced language...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108440088
• ISBN13: 9781108440080
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.4"