Language contact : a multidimensional perspective / edited by Kelechukwu U. Ihemere ; Herman Batibo [and eighteen others], contributors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ihemere, Kelechukwu U. (Kelechukwu Uchechukwu), editor.

Batibo, Herman, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Languages in contact.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the inception of modern contact linguistics through the works of Weinreich (1953) and Haugen (1953), numerous investigators have studied the manifestations of language contact across different disciplines, naturally adopting varied perspectives and approaches relevant to their particular field of inquiry. In spite of the many approaches and interests, quite simply, when speakers of different languages interact closely, it is typical for their languages to influence each other. The influ...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; PART I: CONTACT, CHANGE AND COMPETENCE; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION TO PART ONE; CHAPTER TWO ; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR ; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; PART II: LANGUAGE SHIFT AND LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; PART III: LANGUAGE ATTITUDES AND IDENTITY; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION TO PART THREE; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4438-6742-X

OCLC:

891081960