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Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics
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Ten years of research back up the bold new theory advanced by authors Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change from the neglect it has suffered in recent decades. The authors establish an important new framework for the historical analysis of all degrees of contact-induced language change.
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- Authors
- Thomason, S. G., & Kaufman, T.
- Venue
- University of California Press eBooks
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 1988-12-31
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- W4300386811
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- 43.57
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- en
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