This book deals with the consequences of converging and diverging processes and their development in language contact situations. It provides insights into the

This book deals with the consequences of converging and diverging processes and their development in language contact situations. It provides insights into the

This book aims to provide a better understanding of convergence and non-convergence phenomena, such as divergence, from different theoretical perspectives. It b

Convergence, i.e. the increase of inter-systemic similarities, is usually considered the default development in language contact situations. This volume focuses

It is generally agreed that about 7,000 languages are spoken across the world today and at least half may no longer be spoken by the end of this century. This s