This is a test
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub
The Handbook of Language Contact
Book details
Table of contents
Citations
About This Book
The Handbook of Language Contact offers systematic coverage of the major issues in this field â ranging from the value of contact explanations in linguistics, to the impact of immigration, to dialectology â 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
Frequently asked questions
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlegoâs features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan youâll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, weâve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes, you can access The Handbook of Language Contact by Raymond Hickey, Raymond Hickey in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Linguistics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
Information
Table of contents
- Cover
- Praise for The Handbook of Language Contact
- Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Language Contact: Reconsideration and Reassessment
- Part I: Contact and Linguistics
- Part II: Contact and Change
- Part III: Contact and Society
- Part IV: Case Studies of Contact
- Author Index
- Subject Index