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

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

This edited volume brings together fourteen original contributions to the on-going debate about what is possible in contact-induced language change. The authors

The ability to speak two or more languages is a common human experience, whether for children born into bilingual families, young people enrolled in foreign lan

The former Soviet Union (USSR) provides the ideal territory for studying language contact between one and the same dominant language (Russian) and a wide range