Boundaries and Bridges - Language Contact in Multilingual Ecologies

Multidirectional language contact involving more than two languages is little described. However, it probably represents the most common type of contact in the world, where colonization, rapid socioeconomic and demographic change, and society-wide multilingualism have led to dramatic linguistic change. This book presents fascinating cases of multidirectional contact and convergence between highly diverse languages in an emerging linguistic area in Suriname and the Guianas and proposes a framework for comparable studies.

About the author

Kofi Yakpo, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Pieter Muysken, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Product details

• Assisted by: C Muysken (Editor), C Muysken (Editor), Pieter C. Muysken (Editor), Kof Yakpo (Editor), Kofi Yakpo (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781614516842
• ISBN: 978-1-61451-684-2
• No. of pages: 443
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 235 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 770 g
• Series: Language Contact and Bilingualism; Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]; Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]; Language Contact and Bilingualism; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures