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Contact Languages

Ecology and Evolution in Asia

Contact Languages( )
Author: Ansaldo, Umberto
Series title:Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact Ser.
ISBN:978-0-521-68253-4
Publication Date:Aug 2013
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $33.99
Book Description:

This book explores the social and structural dynamics underlying the creation of new, or restructured, grammars, offering an evolutionary account of contact language formation in the linguistic ecology of Monsoon Asia, including contacts between languages and peoples of Malay, Chinese, Portuguese and English origin, before, during and after Western colonization.

Book Details
Pages:276
Detailed Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Foreign Language Study / Creole Languages
Language Arts & Disciplines / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.928 x 8.931 x 0.546 Inches
Book Weight:0.814 Pounds



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