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Yaron matras born october 24, 1963 is a linguist at the university of manchester specializing in romani and other languages, including middle eastern languages. This book is an introduction to the subject, covering individual and societal multilingualism, the acquisition of two or more languages from birth, second language acquisition in adulthood, language change, linguistic typology, language processing and the structure of the language faculty. Sep 10, 2009 language contact occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence each other. This volume deals with several types of contact languages. Defining everyday multilingualism keynote address at the opening event of the unesco year of languages, eisenstadt, austria, june 2008 yaron matras university of manchester abstract the reality of global mobility, ease of communication and movement of. This book is an introduction to the subject, covering individual and societal multilingualism, the acquisition of two or more languages from birth, second language acquisition in adulthood, language change, most societies in todays.
This handbook presents state of the art research on romani language and linguistics. A linguistic introduction cambridge university press, 2002, romani in britain. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In recent decades there has been an upsurge of interest in the language. The handbook of language contact wiley online books.
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