Languages in contact

Author(s)

• Lim, Lisa
• Ansaldo, Umberto

Bibliographic Information

Languages in contact

Lisa Lim and Umberto Ansaldo

（Key topics in sociolinguistics）

Cambridge University Press, 2016

• : hardback
• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-233) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Introducing new findings from popular culture, the globalised new economy and computer-mediated communication, this is a fascinating study of contact between languages in modern societies. Ansaldo and Lim bring together research on multilingualism, code-switching, language endangerment, and globalisation, into a comprehensive overview of world Englishes and creoles. Illustrated with a wide range of original examples from typologically diverse languages, including Sinitic, Autronesian, Dravidian and other non-Indo-European varieties, the book focuses on structural analyses of Asian ecologies and their relevance for current theories of contact phenomena. Full of new insights, it is essential reading for students and researchers across linguistics, culture and communication.

Table of Contents

• 1. Perspectives on contact
• 2. Contact and code choice
• 3. Contact and creole formation
• 4. Contact and language evolution
• 5. Contact and ecology
• 6. Contact and shift
• 7. Contact and globalisation
• 8. Reflections and future directions.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB19878022
• ISBN:
  • 9780521767958
  • 9780521149259
• LCCN: 2015012530
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cambridge, U.K.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 237 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P130.5
  • DC23 : 306.44
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Languages in contact
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA64051741