This new volume on language contact and contact languages presents cutting-edge research by distinguished scholars in the field as well as by highly talented ne

This textbook analyses changes from every area of grammar and addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics.

Understanding Language Contact offers an accessible and empirically grounded introduction to contact linguistics. Rather than taking a traditional focus on the

Most societies in today's world are multilingual. 'Language contact' occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence each oth

2 Changes to the lexicon -- Introduction -- 2.1 Gaining words - lexical addition -- 2.1.1 Compounding -- 2.1.2 Affixation -- 2.1.3 Backformation -- 2.1.4 Conver