This new volume on language contact and contact languages presents cutting-edge research by distinguished scholars in the field as well as by highly talented ne
This volume deals with several types of contact languages: pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, and multi-ethnolects. It also approaches contact languages from tw
Most societies in today's world are multilingual. 'Language contact' occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence each oth
The second edition of the definitive reference on contact studies and linguistic change—provides extensive new research and original case studies Language con
The appearance of Uriel Weinreich's Languages in Contact: Findings and Problems (1953) marked a milestone in the study of multilingualism and language contact.