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Pages: 376
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Language: en
Pages: 376
Pages: 376
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-01-04 - Publisher: OUP Oxford
Languages can be similar in many ways - they can resemble each other in categories, constructions and meanings, and in the actual forms used to express these. A
Language: en
Pages: 257
Pages: 257
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-08 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Analysis of bilinguals' use of two languages reveals highly adept code-switching: alternating between languages while keeping intact the separate grammars.
Language: en
Pages: 609
Pages: 609
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-08-27 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
The book contains 30 descriptive chapters dealing with a specific language contact situation. The chapters follow a uniform organisation format, being the narra
Language: en
Pages: 383
Pages: 383
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Most societies in today's world are multilingual. 'Language contact' occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence each oth
