Download or read book Rethinking Languages in Contact written by Anna Laura Lepschy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an up-to-date survey of the role of linguistic and cultural interaction in the process of language change. It covers theoretical issues; different forms of language contact in Medieval and Renaissance Italy; and dialect transition and diversity in the North and South of Italy.