Language Contact, Creolization, and Genetic Linguistics - by Sarah Grey Thomason & Terrence Kaufman (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Ten years of research back up the bold new theory advanced by authors Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change from the neglect it has suffered in recent decades. The authors establish an important new framework for the historical analysis of all degrees of contact-induced language change.

Review Quotes

"For the integration of contact-induced language change into historical linguistics this book constitutes the greatest breakthrough since Uriel Weinreich's "Languages in Contact of 1953, and I am convinced it will be the touchstone for the further development of the discipline for years to come."--Edgar W. Schneider, "English World-Wide

About the Author

Sarah Grey Thomason is Professor of Linguistics and Terrence Kaufman is Professor of Anthropology and Linguistics at the University of Pittsburgh.