Language Contact

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748607198); What happens to different peoples and to their languages when they come into contact? Language contact is everywhere: many nations have more than one official language, and quite possibly most people in the world speak two or more languages. What happens to different peoples and to their languages when they come into contact? In this survey of the social, political and linguistic consequences of language contact, Sarah G. Thomason focuses on wha