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The appearance of Uriel Weinreich's Languages in Contact: Findings and Problems (1953) marked a milestone in the study of multilingualism and language contact. Yet until now, few linguists have been aware that its main themes were first laid out in Weinreich's Columbia University doctoral dissertation of 1951, Research Problems in Bilingualism with Special Reference to Switzerland. Based on the author's fieldwork, it contains a detailed report on language contact in Switzerland in the first half of the 20th century, especially along the French-German linguistic border and between

French language --- Rhaeto-Romance language --- German language --- Sociolinguistics --- Switzerland --- Languages in contact --- Multilingualism --- Ethnic relations. --- Languages in contact -- Congresses. --- Slavic languages -- Congresses. --- Slavic languages. --- Languages & Literatures --- Philology & Linguistics --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Plurilingualism --- Polyglottism --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Areal linguistics