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Why Do Groups Of Speakers In Certain Times And Places Come Up With New Varieties Of Languages? What Are The Social Settings That Determine Whether A Mixed Language, A Pidgin Or A Creole Will Develop, And How Can We Understand The Ways In Which Different Languages Contribute To The New Grammar? Through The Study Of Malay Contact Varieties Such As Baba Malay, Cocos Malay And Sri Lanka Malay, As Well As The Asian Portuguese Vernacular Of Macau, And China Coast Pidgin, The Book Explores The Social And Structural Dynamics That Underlie The Fascinating Phenomenon Of The Creation Of New, Or Restructured, Grammars. It Emphasizes The Importance And Interplay Of Historical Documentation, Socio-cultural Observation And Linguistic Analysis In The Study Of Contact Languages, Offering An Evolutionary Framework For The Study Of Contact Language Formation - Including Pidgins And Creoles - In Which Historical, Socio-cultural And Typological Observations Come Together--provided By Publisher. 1. Introduction. Introduction To Contact Language Formation (clf) -- Research Questions -- The Role Of Ecology In Asian Contexts -- Theory Of Language And Clf -- Clf Beyond Exceptional Evolution -- -- 2. The Eco

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Author

Umberto Ansaldo

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780511642203

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Language Learning, Literary Fiction, Linguistics