Boundaries and Bridges
Language Contact in Multilingual Ecologies
Kofi Yakpo editor Pieter C Muysken editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:De Gruyter
Published:26th Jun '17
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Multidirectional language contact involving more than two languages is little described. However, it probably represents the most common type of contact in the world, where colonization, rapid socioeconomic and demographic change, and society-wide multilingualism have led to dramatic linguistic change. This book presents fascinating cases of multidirectional contact and convergence between highly diverse languages in an emerging linguistic area in Suriname and the Guianas and proposes a framework for comparable studies.
ISBN: 9781614516842
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 778g
453 pages