ID - 516983 TI - English as a contact language AU - Schreier, Daniel AU - Hundt, Marianne PY - 2013 SN - 9781107001961 9781107558564 110700196X 9780511740060 9781139611824 1139611828 9781139624848 1139624849 0511740069 9781139615549 1139615548 9781283899345 1283899345 1107234034 9781107234031 1139609963 9781139609968 1139608452 9781139608459 1139621122 9781139621120 1107558565 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Historical linguistics KW - English language KW - Dialectology KW - Anglais (langue) KW - Langues en contact KW - Linguistique historique KW - Sociolinguistique KW - Languages in contact. KW - Historical linguistics. KW - Histoire KW - Variation linguistique KW - Normalisation KW - History. KW - Variation. KW - Standardization. KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - English language. KW - Englisch. KW - Sprachkontakt. KW - Sprachwandel. KW - Standardsprache. KW - Sprachvariante. KW - History of English. KW - Language contact. KW - Varieties of English. KW - Linguistics KW - General. KW - History of english. KW - Language arts & disciplines KW - Varieties of english. KW - Langues en contact. KW - Linguistique historique. KW - Sociolinguistique. KW - Histoire. KW - Variation linguistique. KW - Normalisation. KW - Diachronic linguistics KW - Dynamic linguistics KW - Evolutionary linguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Language and history KW - Areal linguistics KW - History KW - Dialects KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics KW - Germanic languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:516983 AB - Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole linguistics, language acquisition, etc. This book highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from these fields. Special focus is on recent debates surrounding substratal influence in earlier forms of English (particularly Celtic influence in Old English), on language shift processes (the formation of Irish and overseas varieties) but also on dialects in contact, the contact origins of Standard English, the notion of new epicentres in World English, the role of children and adults in language change as well as transfer and language learning. With contributions from leading experts, the book offers fresh and exciting perspectives for research and is at the same time an up-to-date overview of the state of the art in the respective fields. ER -