Language Contact

Yaron Matras (University of Manchester)

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Cambridge University Press
10 September 2020

Sociolinguistics; Grammar, syntax

Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics

Language contact occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence one another.

Drawing on the author's own first-hand observations of child and adult bilingualism, this book combines his original research with an up-to-date introduction to key concepts, to provide a holistic, original theory of contact linguistics.

Going beyond a descriptive outline of contact phenomena, it introduces a theory of contact-induced language change, linking structural change to motivations in discourse and language processing.

Since the first edition was published, the field has rapidly grown, and this fully revised edition covers all of the most recent developments, making it an invaluable resource for researchers and advanced students in linguistics.

By: Yaron Matras (University of Manchester)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 171mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9781108440080
ISBN 10: 1108440088
Series: Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics
Pages: 426
Publication Date: 10 September 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction; 2. An emerging multilingual repertoire; 3. Societal multilingualism; 4. Acquiring and maintaining a bilingual repertoire; 5. Crossing the boundaries: codeswitching in conversation; 6. The replication of linguistic 'matter'; 7. Lexical borrowing; 8. Grammatical and phonological borrowing; 9. Converging structures: pattern replication; 10. Contact languages; 11. Outlook.

Yaron Matras is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Manchester. He is a leading international authority on contact linguistics, language documentation, and the linguistics of Romani, Domari, and Kurdish, and is the founder of the Multilingual Manchester research unit that specialises in research and public engagement on urban multilingualism and language diversity.