TY - BOOK ID - 77933100 TI - Synchronic and diachronic perspectives on contact languages AU - Huber, Magnus. AU - Velupillai, Viveka PY - 2007 SN - 1282152661 9786612152665 9027292019 9789027292018 9789027252548 9027252548 9781282152663 6612152664 PB - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., DB - UniCat KW - Creole dialects. KW - Languages, Mixed. KW - Creole languages KW - Creolized languages KW - Languages, Mixed KW - Pidgin languages KW - Gobbledygook KW - Hybrid languages KW - Jargons KW - Mixed languages KW - Languages in contact UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77933100 AB - This collection of selected conference papers from three SPCL meetings brings together a cross-fertilization of approaches to the study of contact languages. The articles are grouped into three coherent sections dealing with, respectively, phonetics and phonology, including Optimality Theory; synchronic analyses of both morphology and syntax; and diachronic tracings of language change, with special focus on sound patterns as well as semantics. An added value of the volume is that most of the articles are in various ways significant for more than one linguistic subgrouping, and there is a significant overlap of interests; the sections also cover sociolinguistic subjects, give both theoretical and functional linguistic analyses of language data, and discuss issues of grammaticalization. Thus, in discussing a number of issues relevant far beyond the study of pidgin and creole languages, as well as providing a wealth of linguistic data, this volume also contributes to the broader field of linguistics in general. ER -