„This volume represents a welcome addition to theliterature on language contact, assembling contributions frominternational experts to offer an extensive resource whichencompasses a broad range of language contactresearch.“ (The Linguist List, 12 April2014)
„Excellent! Truly thorough coverage of all aspects and areas oflanguage contact. This handbook surveys virtually everything knownabout the topic to date but also provides much new information andprovocative thinking here for the first time. With 40 chapterswritten by the most stellar scholars in this field, this is animportant book, not to be missed.“
--Lyle Campbell, University of Utah
"This latest addition to Blackwell's authoritative Handbookseries is an impressive achievement. The editor has assembled anoutstanding team of contributors, who collectively provide acomprehensive and unparalleled survey of the field of languagecontact, covering both theoretical, conceptual and methodologicalissues and a wide range of case studies. It will be an invaluableresource for researchers and advanced students alike."
--Patrick Stevenson, University of Southampton
The Handbook of Language Contact
herausgegeben von Raymond Hickey* An authoritative reference work exploring the major issues inthe field of language contact: the study of how language changeswhen speakers of distinct speech varieties interact
* Brings together 40 specially-commissioned essays by aninternational team of scholars
* Examines language contact in societies which have significantimmigration populations, and includes a fascinating cross-sectionof case studies drawing on languages across the world
* Accessibly structured into sections exploring the place ofcontact studies within linguistics as a whole; the value of contactstudies for research into language change; and language contact inthe context of work on language and society
* Explores a broad range of topics, making it an excellentresource for both faculty and students across a variety of fieldswithin linguistics
