Languages in Contact: Findings and Problems

Languages in Contact: Findings and Problems
ISBN-10
3110802171
ISBN-13
9783110802177
Series
Languages in Contact
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines
Pages
160
Language
English
Published
1979-01-01
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Author
Uriel Weinreich

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“This remains the fundamental base for studies of multilingual communities and language shift. Weinreich laid out the concepts, principles and issues that govern empirical work in this field, and it has not been replaced by any later general treatment.” Prof. Dr. William Labov, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics

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