Changing meanings, changing func-tions: Papers relating to gramma-ticalization in contact languages.(Westminster Creolistics Series, no. 2.) 293 pp. London …
P Baker, A Syea - 1996 - cambridge.org
P Baker, A Syea
1996•cambridge.orgA'contact language'is a language that evolves as a result of contact between two or more
languages, usually over a relatively short period of time, and is sufficiently different so as to
be distinct from each of the source languages. That is, it is composed of iinguistic material
that cannot be identified as coming primarily from a single source language (cf S.
Thomason, ed.,
languages, usually over a relatively short period of time, and is sufficiently different so as to
be distinct from each of the source languages. That is, it is composed of iinguistic material
that cannot be identified as coming primarily from a single source language (cf S.
Thomason, ed.,
A'contact language'is a language that evolves as a result of contact between two or more languages, usually over a relatively short period of time, and is sufficiently different so as to be distinct from each of the source languages. That is, it is composed of iinguistic material that cannot be identified as coming primarily from a single source language (cf S. Thomason, ed.,
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