Language Contact (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) by Yaron Matras
English | 10 Sept. 2009 | ISBN: 0521825350, 0521532213 | 384 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | 10 Sept. 2009 | ISBN: 0521825350, 0521532213 | 384 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Most societies in today's world are multilingual. 'Language contact' occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence each other. This book is an introduction to the subject, covering individual and societal multilingualism, the acquisition of two or more languages from birth, second language acquisition in adulthood, language change, linguistic typology, language processing and the structure of the language faculty.