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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787784603321

Titolo

Contact languages : a comprehensive guide / / edited by Peter Bakker, Yaron Matras

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-61451-371-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (452 p.)

Collana

Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB] ; ; 6

Language contact and bilingualism ; ; 6

Classificazione

ES 555

Altri autori (Persone)

BakkerPeter <1959->

MatrasYaron <1963->

Disciplina

417.22

417/.22

Soggetti

Hyperborean languages

Language and languages - Foreign elements

Languages in contact

Languages, Mixed

Multilingualism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Pidgins -- Creole Languages -- Mixed Languages -- Multi-ethnolects: Kebabnorsk, Perkerdansk, Verlan, Kanakensprache, Straattaal, Etc. -- Written Language Intertwining -- Issues in the Genetic Classification Of Contact Languages -- Social Factors in Contact Languages -- Subject Index -- Languages and Geography Index -- Author Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume deals with several types of contact languages: pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, and multi-ethnolects. It also approaches contact languages from two perspectives: an historical linguistic perspective, more specifically from a viewpoint of genealogical linguistics, language descent and linguistic family tree models; and a sociolinguistic perspective, identifying specific social contexts in which contact languages emerge.