Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole

Highlights the complexity of contact-induced language change throughout the history of English by bringing together cutting-edge research from historical lingui

This book reflects on the future of the English language as used by native speakers, speakers of nativized New Englishes, and users of English as a lingua franc

This volume deals with several types of contact languages: pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, and multi-ethnolects. It also approaches contact languages from tw

The volumes in this series set out to provide a contemporary record of the spread and development of the English language in South, Southeast, and East Asia fro