Contact Languages: Ecology and Evolution in Asia

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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
Format:	Book
Published:	Cambridge University Press 2009
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/85210

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