Contact : the interaction of closely related linguistic varieties and the history of English / Robert McColl Millar.

Author
Millar, Robert McColl, 1966- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2016]
Description
ix, 210 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-205) and index.
    Contents
    • Some introductory thoughts
    • New dialect formation and near-dialect contact
    • New dialect formation and time depth
    • Linguistic contact and near-relative relationships
    • English in the 'transition period' : the sources of contact-induced change
    • Conclusions.
    ISBN
    • 9781474409087 ((hardback))
    • 1474409083 ((hardback))
    • 9781474431903 ((paperback))
    • 1474431909 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2016479808
    OCLC
    950450532
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