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Language Contact

Authors

Yaron Matras, University of Manchester

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Language contact occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence one another. Drawing on the author's own first-hand observations of child and adult bilingualism, this book combines his original research with an up-to-date introduction to key concepts, to provide a holistic, original theory of contact linguistics. Going beyond a descriptive outline of contact phenomena, it introduces a theory of contact-induced language change, linking structural change to motivations in discourse and language processing. Since the first edition was…

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Key features

  • Combines an up-to-date introduction to current concepts with the author's first-hand original research and data examples
  • Brings together concepts and methods from different research traditions, to offer a wide range of insights
  • Prompts discussion on a new and original theoretical model of language contact

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