"Speakers of different languages come into contact; their languages influence each other. This textbook investigates this reality in modern and historical contexts. Each central theme introduces an in-depth, real-world case study, key concepts are clearly defined, and end of chapter exercises and research tasks encourage autonomous learning"--
"Speakers of different languages come into contact; their languages influence each other. This textbook investigates this reality in modern and historical contexts. Each central theme introduces an in-depth, real-world case study, key concepts are clearly defined, and end of chapter exercises and research tasks encourage autonomous learning"--
Robert McColl Millar is Professor in Linguistics and Scottish Language at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has a particular interest in the ways in which history, economics, and ideology interact with language use, now and in the past. He his recent publications include A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland (2020), Trask's Historical Linguistics, 4th edition (2023), and A History of the Scots Language (2023).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Language death, language attrition and language contact 3. Pidgins and Creoles 4. Semi-Creoles (varieties with Creole-like features which are not Creoles) 5. Macro-convergence 6. Close-variety convergence and change: the Koine 7. Some final thoughts.
1. Introduction 2. Language death, language attrition and language contact 3. Pidgins and Creoles 4. Semi-Creoles (varieties with Creole-like features which are not Creoles) 5. Macro-convergence 6. Close-variety convergence and change: the Koine 7. Some final thoughts.
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