Contact languages : ecology and evolution in Asia /

Why do groups of speakers in certain times and places come up with new varieties of languages? What are the social settings that determine whether a mixed language, a pidgin or a Creole will develop, and how can we understand the ways in which different languages contribute to the new grammar? Throu...

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Main Author: Ansaldo, Umberto (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:Cambridge approaches to language contact.
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