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Liquid Languages - Constructing Languages In Late Modern Cultures Of Diffusion

by Britta (European University Viadrina ) Schneider

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 Focusing on the multilingual Caribbean, this book examines ethnographic data and local performances of English to explore how language is constructed in discourse and via media practices. It is ideal reading for scholars of language contact, the sociolinguistics of globalisation, language ideology research, and African and Caribbean Studies.
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Youth Language Practices And Urban Language Contact In Africa

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 This fascinating study explores male youth language practices in different urban centres in Africa, showing their relation to other urban languages, vernaculars and varieties, and testing and contesting claims of their autonomy and candidacy as national languages. It will provide new insights for scholars of language contact and sociolinguistics.
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Voices Of Immigration - A Serial Narrative Ethnography Of Language Shift

by Agnes Weiyun (State University Of New York, Stony Brook) He

~~128,43€~~ 115,59€ 10% OFF

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 Drawing on the experiences of different speakers of Chinese as a heritage language, this book explores current theoretical and typological issues surrounding heritage language development. This title is part of the Flip it Open Programme and may also be available Open Access. Check our website Cambridge Core for details.
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Translingual Practices - Playfulness And Precariousness

~~141,95€~~ 127,76€ 10% OFF

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 Based on a wide range of global ethnographic studies, this unique book expands current work on translingual playfulness through an exploration of the multiple dimensions of precarity in trans-perspectives. It is essential reading for academic researchers and students in bi- and multilingualism, sociolinguistics and language teaching and learning.
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The Lingua Franca - Contact-Induced Language Change In The Mediterranean

by Natalie (University Of California, Los Angeles) Operstein

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 Whose name is hidden behind the anonymity of the key publication on Mediterranean Lingua Franca? What linguistic reality does the label 'Lingua Franca' conceal? These and related questions are explored in this new book on an enduringly important topic, creating new avenues for multi-disciplinary research on Mediterranean languages and history.
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Complexity In Language - Developmental And Evolutionary Perspectives

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 Although linguistic complexity has interested a growing number of linguists, few of them have gone beyond merely counting units and rules. Exposing the limitations of this approach, this book reveals various ways in which the subject matter can be investigated on the model of complexity theory.
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Language Contact And The Making Of An Afro-Hispanic Vernacular - Variation And Change In The Colombian Choco

by Sandro (University Of Texas, Austin) Sessarego

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 Using a cohesive approach that combines linguistics, legal history and colonial studies, this study advances our knowledge of creolistics. Focusing primarily on Afro-Hispanic varieties, it will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in language contact, historical linguistics, language variation and change, and Latin American studies.
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Diglossia And Language Contact - Language Variation And Change In North Africa

by Lotfi (State University Of New York, Albany) Sayahi

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 The book will appeal to anyone interested in language contact, the Arabic language, and North Africa. It uses sociohistorical information and a wide range of data sets, including electronic communication, to provide a comprehensive picture of the past and present language situation in the region.
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Language Contact In Europe - The Periphrastic Perfect Through History

by Bridget (University Of Texas, San Antonio) Drinka

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 This book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of language contact as a motivator for change. It will appeal to students and researchers of historical linguistics, contact linguistics, language typology, and sociolinguistics, as well as to specialists in Romance, Germanic, Slavic, and other language families of Europe.
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The Making Of Vernacular Singapore English - System, Transfer, And Filter

by Zhiming (National University Of Singapore) Bao

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 Charts the history of Singapore English and explores the linguistic, historical and social factors that have influenced the variety as it is spoken today. This study will be of interest to scholars and advanced students working on language contact, world varieties of English, historical linguistics and sociolinguistics.
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Linguistic Ecology And Language Contact

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 This volume explores the role of linguistic ecology in the study of language contact. Bringing together an international team of experts, it offers a theoretical overview, followed by ten case studies on contact situations around the world, covering Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Indian Ocean, Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
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World Englishes And Culture Wars

by Braj B. (University Of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) Kachru

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 This book complements and advances the traditional scholarship on the history of English. It is about the role of different forms of colonization and related ideologies in its diversification. It also discusses the consequences of its appropriation by practitioners of different cultures and its indigenization into their own language.
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The Emergence Of Hybrid Grammars - Language Contact And Change

by Enoch Olade (Universiteit Van Amsterdam) Aboh

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 Based on a detailed study of creole languages, this book contributes to the debate on language acquisition and change by showing that language acquisition requires contact between different linguistic sub-systems that feed into the hybrid grammars that learners develop. Competition between these grammars may eventually result in language change.
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Lingua Franca - Contact-Induced Language Change In The Mediterranean

by Natalie Operstein

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 Whose name is hidden behind the anonymity of the key publication on Mediterranean Lingua Franca? What linguistic reality does the label 'Lingua Franca' conceal? These and related questions are explored in this new book on an enduringly important topic, creating new avenues for multi-disciplinary research on Mediterranean languages and history.
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Lingua Franca - Contact-Induced Language Change In The Mediterranean

by Natalie Operstein

33,13€ + 10% CARD

 Whose name is hidden behind the anonymity of the key publication on Mediterranean Lingua Franca? What linguistic reality does the label 'Lingua Franca' conceal? These and related questions are explored in this new book on an enduringly important topic, creating new avenues for multi-disciplinary research on Mediterranean languages and history.
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The Lingua Franca - Contact-Induced Language Change In The Mediterranean

by Natalie (University Of California, Los Angeles) Operstein

147,35€ + 10% CARD

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 Whose name is hidden behind the anonymity of the key publication on Mediterranean Lingua Franca? What linguistic reality does the label 'Lingua Franca' conceal? These and related questions are explored in this new book on an enduringly important topic, creating new avenues for multi-disciplinary research on Mediterranean languages and history.
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Youth Language Practices And Urban Language Contact In Africa

147,35€ + 10% CARD

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 This fascinating study explores male youth language practices in different urban centres in Africa, showing their relation to other urban languages, vernaculars and varieties, and testing and contesting claims of their autonomy and candidacy as national languages. It will provide new insights for scholars of language contact and sociolinguistics.
ENGLISH

Language Contact And The Making Of An Afro-Hispanic Vernacular - Variation And Change In The Colombian Chocó

by Sandro Sessarego

34,45€ + 10% CARD

 Using a cohesive approach that combines linguistics, legal history and colonial studies, this study advances our knowledge of creolistics. Focusing primarily on Afro-Hispanic varieties, it will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in language contact, historical linguistics, language variation and change, and Latin American studies.
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Language Contact And The Making Of An Afro-Hispanic Vernacular - Variation And Change In The Colombian Chocó

by Sandro Sessarego

34,45€ + 10% CARD

 Using a cohesive approach that combines linguistics, legal history and colonial studies, this study advances our knowledge of creolistics. Focusing primarily on Afro-Hispanic varieties, it will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in language contact, historical linguistics, language variation and change, and Latin American studies.
ENGLISH

Language Contact And The Making Of An Afro-Hispanic Vernacular - Variation And Change In The Colombian Choco

by Sandro (University Of Texas, Austin) Sessarego

147,35€ + 10% CARD

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 Using a cohesive approach that combines linguistics, legal history and colonial studies, this study advances our knowledge of creolistics. Focusing primarily on Afro-Hispanic varieties, it will be of interest to scholars and advanced students in language contact, historical linguistics, language variation and change, and Latin American studies.
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Bilingual Language Acquisition - Spanish And English In The First Six Years

by Carmen Silva-Corvalan

38,43€ + 10% CARD

 How do children develop bilingual competence? Do bilingual children develop language in the same way as monolinguals? Set in the context of findings on language development, this book examines the acquisition of English and Spanish by two brothers in the first six years of their lives.
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Language Contact In The Early Colonial Pacific - Maritime Polynesian Pidgin Before Pidgin English

by Emanuel J. Drechsel

53,00€ + 10% CARD

 This volume presents a historical-sociolinguistic description and analysis of Maritime Polynesian Pidgin. It redefines our understanding of how Europeans and Americans interacted with Pacific Islanders in Eastern Polynesia during early encounters and offers an alternative model of language contact.
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Diglossia And Language Contact - Language Variation And Change In North Africa

by Lotfi Sayahi

45,05€ + 10% CARD

 The book will appeal to anyone interested in language contact, the Arabic language, and North Africa. It uses sociohistorical information and a wide range of data sets, including electronic communication, to provide a comprehensive picture of the past and present language situation in the region.
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Language Contact In The Early Colonial Pacific - Maritime Polynesian Pidgin Before Pidgin English

by Emanuel J. (University Of Hawaii, Manoa) Drechsel

54,08€ + 10% CARD

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 This volume presents a historical-sociolinguistic description and analysis of Maritime Polynesian Pidgin. It redefines our understanding of how Europeans and Americans interacted with Pacific Islanders in Eastern Polynesia during early encounters and offers an alternative model of language contact.
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