Author: McGroarty, Mary ; editor: [ American Association for Applied Linguistics ]
Title: Language Contact and Change [ Annual Review of Applied Linguistics. Volume 23 - 2003 ]
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2003. orig.wrappers. 24x16cm, 298 pp. Some minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 14 papers. Includes: Language rights & political theory; Recent research on language maintenance; Language revitalization; Interpreters, interpreting & the study of bilingualism; Religion as a site of language contact; Education as a site of language contact; Participation of second language & second dialect speakers in the legal system; Health care communication: A problematic site for applied linguistics research; Business as a site of language contact; Advertising as a site of language contact; Gender issues in language change; Pidgins & creoles as models of language change: The state of the art; Linguistic prescription: Familiar practices & new perspectives; Social change & language shift. South Africa.

Keywords: Applied Linguistics, Language Change, Linguistic, Languages, , , , ,