Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics (0)

Sarah Grey Thomason, Terrence Kaufman

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Editore: University of California Press

Anno: 1992

Lingua: Inglese

Rilegatura: Flessibile

Pagine: 428 Pagine

Isbn 10: 0520078934

Isbn 13: 9780520078932

Ten years of research back up the bold new theory advanced by authors Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change from the neglect it has suffered in recent decades. The authors establish an important new framework for the historical analysis of all degrees of contact-induced language change.