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 interact * Brings together 40
specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars
* Examines language contact in societies which have significant
immigration populations, and includes a fascinating cross-section
of case studies drawing on languages across the world * Accessibly
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 society * Explores a broad range of topics,
making it an excellent resource for both faculty and students
across a variety of fields within linguistics
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