Format:
Online-Ressource (IX, 441 S.)
ISBN:
9781614513728
,
9781614513728
,
9781614513711
Series Statement:
Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]
Content:
Main description: This volume deals with several types of contact languages: pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, and multi-ethnolects. It also approaches contact languages from two perspectives: an historical linguistic perspective, more specifically from a viewpoint of genealogical linguistics, language descent and linguistic family tree models; and a sociolinguistic perspective, identifying specific social contexts in which contact languages emerge.
Content:
Biographical note: Yaron Matras, University of Manchester, UK; Peter Bakker, Aarhus University, Denmark.
Content:
This volume deals with several types of contact languages: pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, and multi-ethnolects. It also approaches contact languages from two perspectives: an historical linguistic perspective, more specifically from a viewpoint of genealogical linguistics, language descent and linguistic family tree models; and a sociolinguistic perspective, identifying specific social contexts in which contact languages emerge
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
List of contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; Pidgins; Creole languages; Mixed Languages; Multi-ethnolects: Kebabnorsk, Perkerdansk, Verlan, Kanakensprache, Straattaal, etc.; Written language intertwinin; Issues in the genetic classification of contact language; Social factors in contact languages; Subject index; Languages and geography index; Author index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781614514763
Additional Edition:
Print version Contact Languages A Comprehensive Guide
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Kreolische Sprachen
;
Mischsprache
;
Kunstsprache
;
Sprachkontakt
;
Electronic books
DOI:
10.1515/9781614513711
URL:
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Author information:
Matras, Yaron 1963-
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