30.3593, Books: The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact: Grant (ed.)

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Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:49:09
From:  Oxford University Press [HumanitiesMarketing at oup.com]
Subject: The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact: Grant (ed.)

 


Title: The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact 
Series Title: Oxford Handbooks  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Oxford University Press
	   http://www.oup.com/us
	

Book URL: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-language-contact-9780199945092?q=9780199945092&lang=en&cc=us 


Editor: Anthony P. Grant

Hardback: ISBN:  9780199945092 Pages: 806 Price: U.S. $ 175.00


Abstract:

Every language has been influenced in some way by other languages. In many
cases, this influence is reflected in words which have been absorbed from
other languages as the names for newer items or ideas, such as perestroika,
manga, or intifada (from Russian, Japanese, and Arabic respectively). In other
cases, the influence of other languages goes deeper, and includes the addition
of new sounds, grammatical forms, and idioms to the pre-existing language. For
example, English's structure has been shaped in such a way by the effects of
Norse, French, Latin, and Celtic--though English is not alone in its openness
to these influences. Any features can potentially be transferred from one
language to another if the sociolinguistic and structural circumstances allow
for it. Further, new languages--pidgins, creoles, and mixed languages--can
come into being as the result of language contact.

In thirty-three chapters, The Oxford Handbook of Language Contact examines the
various forms of contact-induced linguistic change and the levels of language
which have provided instances of these influences. In addition, it provides
accounts of how language contact has affected some twenty languages, spoken
and signed, from all parts of the world. Chapters are written by experts and
native-speakers from years of research and fieldwork. Ultimately, this
Handbook provides an authoritative account of the possibilities and products
of contact-induced linguistic change.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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