The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact

ISBN-13: 9780199945092 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 792 str.

Anthony P. Grant

Opis

The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact examines the ways in which speakers of one language can exert influence on another language, and the ways in which we can assess this influence. It draws on data from dozens of languages from across the globe, and examines the contact histories of twenty such situations (including American Sign Language) in detail. It is the most up-to-date book on this topic in the science of language.

Recenzje

every chapter in this volume is worthy of attention James K. Watters, Journal of Language, Culture, and Religion

O autorze

Anthony P. Grant is Professor of Historical Linguistics and Language Contact at Edge Hill University. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages and has published articles and reviews (mostly in English, with others in Spanish, German, and Bulgarian) in numerous linguistic journals. He is co-director of the World Loanword Series and has published four books (three linguistic and one non-linguistic) and over a hundred articles, chapters, and reviews. His research interests include issues in language contact, the languages of Native America, Romani, pidgins and creoles, and developments in historical linguistics.