Overview

The second edition of the definitive reference on contact studies and linguistic change—provides extensive new research and original case studies Language contact is a dynamic area of contemporary linguistic research that studies how language changes when speakers of different languages interact. Accessibly structured into three sections, The Handbook of Language Contact explores the role of contact studies within the field of linguistics, the value of contact studies for language change research, and the relevance of language contact for sociolinguistics. This authoritative volume presents original findings and fresh research directions from an international team of prominent experts. Thirty-seven specially-commissioned chapters cover a broad range of topics and case studies of contact from around the world.  Now in its second edition, this valuable reference has been extensively updated with new chapters on topics including globalization, language acquisition, creolization, code-switching, and genetic classification. Fresh case studies examine Romance, Indo-European, African, Mayan, and many other languages in both the past and the present. Addressing the major issues in the field of language contact studies, this volume:  Includes a representative sample of individual studies which re-evaluate the role of language contact in the broader context of language and society Offers 23 new chapters written by leading scholars Examines language contact in different societies, including many in Africa and Asia Provides a cross-section of case studies drawing on languages across the world The Handbook of Language Contact, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for researchers, scholars, and students involved in language contact, language variation and change, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and language theory.

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Author:   Raymond Hickey (Essen University, Germany)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 4.80cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.520kg
ISBN:  

9781119485025

ISBN 10:   1119485029
Pages:   800
Publication Date:   17 September 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors ix Preface xvii Language Contact and Linguistic Research 1 Raymond Hickey Part I – Contact, Contact Studies, and Linguistics 31 1 Contact Explanations in Linguistics 33 Sarah Thomason 2 Contact, Bilingualism, and Diglossia 51 Lotfi Sayahi 3 Language Contact and Change through Child First Language Acquisition 67 Carmel O’Shannessy and Lucinda Davidson 4 Contact and Grammaticalization 93 Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva 5 Contact and Language Convergence 113 Anthony P. Grant 6 Contact and Linguistic Typology 129 Oliver Bond, Helen Sims‐Williams, and Matthew Baerman 7 Contact and Language Shift 149 Raymond Hickey 8 Contact and Lexical Borrowing 169 Philip Durkin 9 Contact and Code‐Switching 181 Penelope Gardner‐Chloros 10 Contact and Mixed Languages 201 Peter Bakker 11 Contact and Sociolinguistic Variation 221 Maya Ravindranath Abtahian and Jonathan Kasstan 12 Contact and New Varieties 241 Paul Kerswill 13 Contact in the City 261 Heike Wiese 14 Linguistic Landscapes and Language Contact 281 Kingsley Bolton, Werner Botha, and Siu‐Lun Lee Part II – Case Studies of Contact 301 15 Contact and Early Indo‐European in Europe 303 Bridget Drinka 16 Contact and the History of Germanic Languages 323 Paul Roberge 17 Contact in the History of English 345 Robert McColl Millar 18 Contact and the Development of American English 361 Joseph C. Salmons and Thomas Purnell 19 Contact and African Englishes 385 Rajend Mesthrie 20 Contact and Caribbean Creoles 403 Edgar W. Schneider and Raymond Hickey 21 Contact and the Romance Languages 425 John Charles Smith 22 Contact and Spanish in the Pacific 453 Eeva Sippola 23 Contact and Portuguese‐Lexified Creoles 469 Hugo C. Cardoso 24 Contact and the Celtic Languages 489 Joseph F. Eska 25 Contact and the Slavic Languages 501 Lenore A. Grenoble 26 Contact and the Finno‐Ugric Languages 519 Johanna Laakso 27 Language Contact in the Balkans 537 Brian D. Joseph 28 Turkic Language Contacts 551 Lars Johanson, Éva Á. Csató, and Birsel Karakoc 29 Contact and Afroasiatic Languages 571 Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Erin Shay 30 Contact and North American Languages 593 Marianne Mithun 31 Contact and Mayan Languages 613 Danny Law 32 Contact and South American Languages 625 Lyle Campbell, Thiago Chacon, and John Elliott 33 Contact among African Languages 649 Klaus Beyer 34 Contact and Siberian Languages 669 Brigitte Pakendorf 35 Language Contact: Sino‐Russian 689 Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Natalia Gurian, and Sergei Karpenko 36 Language Contact and Australian Languages 717 Jill Vaughan and Debbie Loakes 37 Contact Languages of the Pacific 741 Jeff Siegel Index 763

Reviews

This book (in its second edition) brings together a considerable amount of knowledge on the subject of language contact. Inasmuch as topics range from methodological discussions on contacts in prehistoric languages to urban sociolinguistics, the diversity of the methodological approaches and the extent of the phenomena covered are very impressive. -- Emmanuel Schang, University of Orleans for LINGUIST List 32.2117, June 2021

“This book (in its second edition) brings together a considerable amount of knowledge on the subject of language contact. Inasmuch as topics range from methodological discussions on contacts in prehistoric languages to urban sociolinguistics, the diversity of the methodological approaches and the extent of the phenomena covered are very impressive.” -- Emmanuel Schang, University of Orléans for LINGUIST List 32.2117, June 2021

Author Information

Raymond Hickey is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Duisburg and Essen, Department of Anglophone Studies, Germany. His main areas of research are varieties of English, focused on Irish English, and general questions of language contact, shift, and change. He has written several books, including Listening to the Past, Audio Records of Accents of English (2017), Sociolinguistics in Ireland (2016), and A Dictionary of Varieties of English (Wiley-Blackwell, 2014), and has published numerous articles on various issues within linguistics, as well as producing an electronic corpus of Irish English.

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