Contact Languages: Ecology and Evolution in Asia

by Umberto Ansaldo

Book Overview

Why do groups of speakers in certain times and places come up with new varieties of languages? What are the social settings that determine whether a mixed language, a pidgin or a Creole will develop,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521682533
• ISBN13: 9780521682534
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"