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Open publication The volume deals with previously undescribed morphosyntactic variations and changes appearing in settings involving language contact. Contact-induced changes are defined as dynamic and multiple, involving internal change as well as historical and sociolinguistic factors. A variety of explanations are identified and their relationships are analyzed. Only a multifaceted methodology enables this fine-grained approach to contact-induced change. A range of methodologies are proposed, but the chapters generally have their roots in a typological perspective. The contributors recognize the precautionary principle: for example, they emphasize the difficulty of studying languages that have not been described adequately and for which diachronic data are not extensive or reliable. Three main perspectives on contact-induced language change are presented. The first explores the role of multilingual speakers in contact-induced language change, especially their spontaneous innovations in discourse. The second explores the differences between ordinary contact-induced change and change in endangered languages. The third discusses various aspects of the relationship between contact-induced change and internal change.

Sociolinguistics --- Grammar --- Dialectology --- Languages in contact. --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Language and languages --- Multilingualism. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Morphosyntax. --- Variation. --- Sprachkontakt. --- Sprachwandel. --- Mehrsprachigkeit. --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Plurilingualism --- Polyglottism --- Characterology of speech --- Language diversity --- Language subsystems --- Language variation --- Linguistic diversity --- Variation in language --- Morphosyntactic features --- Morphosyntax --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Areal linguistics --- Morphology --- Syntax --- Philology --- Language Change. --- Language Contact. --- Language Typology.

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