Language Contact

By:

Yaron Matras

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Hardback

Series:

Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

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Language contact occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence one another. Drawing on the author's own first-hand observations of child and adult bilingualism, this book combines his original research with an up-to-date introduction to key concepts, to provide a holistic, original theory of contact linguistics. Going beyond a descriptive outline of contact phenomena, it introduces a theory of contact-induced language change, linking structural change to motivations in discourse and language processing. Since the first edition was published, the field has rapidly grown, and this fully revised edition covers all of the most recent developments, making it an invaluable resource for researchers and advanced students in linguistics.

Author Biography:

Yaron Matras is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manchester. He is a leading international authority on contact linguistics, language documentation, and the linguistics of Romani, Domari, and Kurdish, and is the founder of the Multilingual Manchester research unit that specialises in research and public engagement on urban multilingualism and language diversity.

Release date Australia

September 10th, 2020

Author

Yaron Matras

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Edition

2nd Revised edition

Illustrations

Worked examples or Exercises; 30 Line drawings, black and white

Pages

426

Series

Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

Dimensions

175x250x27

ISBN-13

9781108425117

Product ID

33313561

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