Speakers of different languages come into contact; their languages influence each other. This textbook investigates this reality in modern and historical contexts. Each central theme introduces an in-depth, real-world case study, key concepts are clearly defined, and end of chapter exercises and research tasks encourage autonomous learning.
Speakers of different languages come into contact; their languages influence each other. This textbook investigates this reality in modern and historical contexts. Each central theme introduces an in-depth, real-world case study, key concepts are clearly defined, and end of chapter exercises and research tasks encourage autonomous learning.
Robert McColl Millar is Professor in Linguistics and Scottish Language at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. He has a particular interest in the ways in which history, economics, and ideology interact with language use, now and in the past. He his recent publications include A Sociolinguistic History of Scotland (2020), Trask's Historical Linguistics, 4th edition (2023), and A History of the Scots Language (2023).
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction 2. Language death, language attrition and language contact 3. Pidgins and Creoles 4. Semi-Creoles (varieties with Creole-like features which are not Creoles) 5. Macro-convergence 6. Close-variety convergence and change: the Koine 7. Some final thoughts.
1. Introduction 2. Language death, language attrition and language contact 3. Pidgins and Creoles 4. Semi-Creoles (varieties with Creole-like features which are not Creoles) 5. Macro-convergence 6. Close-variety convergence and change: the Koine 7. Some final thoughts.
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