Dynamics of language contact : English and immigrant languages / Michael Clyne.
"Written by an expert in the field, this study examines the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context. Michael Clyne discusses the dynamics of contact with English using data from a wide range of languages, including German, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and V...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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[Cambridge] ; [New York] :
Cambridge University Press,
[2003]
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| Series: | Cambridge approaches to language contact.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Sample text Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "Written by an expert in the field, this study examines the dynamics of contact between languages in an immigrant context. Michael Clyne discusses the dynamics of contact with English using data from a wide range of languages, including German, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Croatian and Vietnamese. Clyne analyzes how and why these languages change in a country with many immigrants such as Australia, as well as why some languages survive longer than others."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 282 pages) : illustrations, 1 map. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511060580 9780511060588 0511066899 9780511066894 0511069022 9780511069024 0511178786 9780511178788 0511606524 9780511606526 1139146440 9781139146449 1280417951 9781280417955 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511606526 |