Date: 07-Apr-2010 From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com> Subject: Language Contact: Norde, Jonge, Hasselblatt (Eds) E-mail this message to a friend
Title: Language Contact
Subtitle: New perspectives
Series Title: IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society 28
Published: 2010
Publisher: John Benjamins
http://www.benjamins.com/
Editor: Muriel Norde
Editor: Bob de Jonge
Editor: Cornelius Hasselblatt
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027288431 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027288431 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027218674 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027218674 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Abstract:
The study of languages in contact is an ever-relevant topic in linguistics, especially at present times when increasing globalization leads to a number of new contact situations. This volume features ten papers on various aspects of language contact by leading specialists in the field. In these papers, contact-induced change in a wide variety of languages is approached from various perspectives, reflecting the current state of affairs in language contact studies. The first main theme in the volume is related to the linguistic effects of migration, both in the present and in the past, and both in the standard language spoken by ethnic minorities, and in immigrant languages that are influenced by the standard. The second theme concerns border areas, a traditional treasure trove for the study of contact phenomena. The third theme is about contact effects without physical contact, as well as the role played by translators in this process.