The mixed language debate theoretical and empirical advances / edited by Yaron Matras, Peter Bakker.

Other author Matras, Yaron, 1963-
Other author Bakker, Peter, 1959-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter,
Descriptionvi, 325 p. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesTrends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 145
Contents The study of mixed languages / Yaron Matras and Peter Bakker -- Social factors and linguistic processes in the emergence of stable mixed languages / Sarah G. Thomason -- Mixed languages and acts of identity / William Croft -- What lies beneath: split (mixed) languages as contact phenomena / Carol Myers-Scotton -- Mixed languages as autonomous systems / Peter Bakker -- Mixed languages: re-examining the structural prototype / Yaron Matras -- Language contact and group identity: the role of "folk" linguistic engineering / Evgeniy V. Golovko -- The linguistic properties of lexical manipulation and its relevance for Ma'á / Maarten Mous -- Can a mixed language be conventionalized alternational codeswitching? / Ad Backus -- Not quite the right mixture / Thomas Stolz.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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LCCN 2003069087
ISBN3110177765 (alk. paper)