Sarah Grey Thomason and Terrence Kaufman
Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics
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February 1992, Available worldwide
February 1992, Available worldwide
Ten years of research back up the bold new theory advanced by authors Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change from the neglect it has suffered in recent decades. The authors establish an important new framework for the historical analysis of all degrees of contact-induced language change.
"Absolutely indispensable reading for anyone interested in either language structure or intercultural contact."—Paul J. Hopper, American Anthropologist
"[A] major work. . . . In scope and breadth of conception there is simply no other discussion of language contact that approaches it."—Jay H. Jasanoff, Language
"For the integration of contact-induced language change into historical linguistics this book constitutes the greatest breakthrough since Uriel Weinreich's Languages in Contact of 1953, and I am convinced it will be the touchstone for the further development of the discipline for years to come."—Edgar W. Schneider, English World-Wide
"[A] major work. . . . In scope and breadth of conception there is simply no other discussion of language contact that approaches it."—Jay H. Jasanoff, Language
"For the integration of contact-induced language change into historical linguistics this book constitutes the greatest breakthrough since Uriel Weinreich's Languages in Contact of 1953, and I am convinced it will be the touchstone for the further development of the discipline for years to come."—Edgar W. Schneider, English World-Wide
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