Boundaries and Bridges

Language Contact in Multilingual Ecologies
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-61451-684-2
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 14, 443 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 825 g

Reihe: Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]

Multidirectional language contact involving more than two languages is little described. However, it probably represents the most common type of contact in the world, where colonization, rapid socioeconomic and demographic change, and society-wide multilingualism have led to dramatic linguistic change. This book presents fascinating cases of multidirectional contact and convergence between highly diverse languages in an emerging linguistic area in Suriname and the Guianas and proposes a framework for comparable studies.

Zielgruppe

Scholars interested in Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Caribbean S

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muysken, Pieter C.

Yakpo, Kofi

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Mehrsprachigkeit
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachkontaktforschung

Über Autor(innen)

Kofi Yakpo, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Pieter Muysken, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.