Languages in Contact

by Lisa Lim and Umberto Ansaldo

Book Overview

Introducing new findings from popular culture, the globalised new economy and computer-mediated communication, this is a fascinating study of contact between languages in modern societies. Ansaldo and Lim bring together research on multilingualism, code-switching, language endangerment, and globalisation, into a comprehensive overview of world Englishes and creoles. Illustrated with a wide range of original examples from typologically diverse languages,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521149258
• ISBN13: 9780521149259
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"