Language contact /
Yaron Matras.
- Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University P., 2009.
- xvi, 366 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references.
An emerging multilingual repertoire -- Societal multilingualism -- Acquiring and maintaining a bilingual repertoire -- Crossing the boundaries : codeswitching in conversation -- The replication of linguistic 'matter' -- Lexical borrowing -- Grammatical and phonological borrowing -- Converging structures : pattern replication -- Contact languages -- Outlook.