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Boundaries and Bridges: Language Contact in Multilingual Ecologies

Boundaries and Bridges: Language Contact in Multilingual Ecologies

Hardcover

Series: Language Contact and Bilingualism [Lcb], Book 14

Linguistics

ISBN10: 1614516847
ISBN13: 9781614516842
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Jun 26 2017
Pages: 453
Weight: 1.85
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

Multidirectional language contact involving more than two languages is little described. However, it probably represents the most common type of contact in the world, where colonization, rapid socioeconomic and demographic change, and society-wide multilingualism have led to dramatic linguistic change. This book presents fascinating cases of multidirectional contact and convergence between highly diverse languages in an emerging linguistic area in Suriname and the Guianas and proposes a framework for comparable studies.

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