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The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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Every language has been influenced in some way by other languages.
In many cases, this influence is reflected in words which have been
absorbed from other languages as the names for newer items or
ideas, such as perestroika, manga, or intifada (from Russian,
Japanese, and Arabic respectively). In other cases, the influence
of other languages goes deeper, and includes the addition of new
sounds, grammatical forms, and idioms to the pre-existing language.
For example, English's structure has been shaped in such a way by
the effects of Norse, French, Latin, and Celtic-though English is
not alone in its openness to these influences. Any features can
potentially be transferred from one language to another if the
sociolinguistic and structural circumstances allow for it. Further,
new languages-pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages-can come into
being as the result of language contact. In thirty-three chapters,
The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact examines the various forms
of contact-induced linguistic change and the levels of language
which have provided instances of these influences. In addition, it
provides accounts of how language contact has affected some twenty
languages, spoken and signed, from all parts of the world. Chapters
are written by experts and native-speakers from years of research
and fieldwork. Ultimately, this Handbook provides an authoritative
account of the possibilities and products of contact-induced
linguistic change.
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