Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics

Sarah Grey Thomason, Terrence Kaufman

ISBN 10: 0520078934 / ISBN 13: 9780520078932

Published by University of California Press, US, 1992

About this Item

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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics
• Publisher: University of California Press, US
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520078934
• ISBN 13: 9780520078932
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 544 grams

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Sarah Grey Thomason is Professor of Linguistics and Terrence Kaufman is Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh.