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English as a Contact Language

by Daniel Schreier , Marianne Hundt
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781107558564
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 406
  • Original Price: USD 53.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: 1 Reprint
  • Item Weight: 540 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Linguistics / General

Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is on recent debates surrounding substratal influence in earlier forms of English (particularly Celtic influence in Old English), on language shift processes (the formation of Irish and overseas varieties) but also on dialects in contact, the contact origins of Standard English, the notion of new epicentres in World English, the role of children and adults in language change as well as transfer and language learning. With contributions from leading experts, the book offers fresh and exciting perspectives for research and is at the same time an up-to-date overview of the state of the art in the respective fields.

Hundt, Marianne: - Marianne Hundt is Full Professor of English Linguistics in the English Department at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Schreier, Daniel: - Daniel Schreier is Associate Professor of English Linguistics in the English Department at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

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