This book revisits and updates the concept of linguistic ecology, outlining applications to a variety of contact situations worldwide.

In this book, the author examines the transformation of the Pacific language region under the impact of colonization, westernization and modernization. By focus

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This s

This major new work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic lin