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Languages in Contact
Contributor(s): Lim, Lisa (Author), Ansaldo, Umberto (Author)

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 ISBN: 0521149258     ISBN-13: 9780521149259
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics
Dewey: 306.44
LCCN: 2015012530
Series: Key Topics in Sociolinguistics
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.56" W x 8.59" L (0.68 lbs) 251 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product
 
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Introducing new findings from popular culture, the globalised new economy and computer-mediated communication, this is a fascinating study of contact between languages in modern societies. Ansaldo and Lim bring together research on multilingualism, code-switching, language endangerment, and globalisation, into a comprehensive overview of world Englishes and creoles. Illustrated with a wide range of original examples from typologically diverse languages, including Sinitic, Autronesian, Dravidian and other non-Indo-European varieties, the book focuses on structural analyses of Asian ecologies and their relevance for current theories of contact phenomena. Full of new insights, it is essential reading for students and researchers across linguistics, culture and communication.

Contributor Bio(s): Ansaldo, Umberto: - Umberto Ansaldo is Professor in Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong. His book Contact Languages: Ecology and Evolution (Cambridge, 2009) garnered the 2010 faculty research output award. He is co-editor of the Creole Language Library and editor-in-chief of Language Sciences.Lim, Lisa: - Lisa Lim is Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Language and Communication programme at the University of Hong Kong. She co-edited The Typology of Asian Englishes (2009) and English in Multilingual, Globalising Asia (2009). She has developed the online resource LinguisticMinorities.HK, for which she won the Faculty Knowledge Exchange Award 2014.
 
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