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" Language evolution : "
Salikoko S. Mufwene.
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BL
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847667
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Mufwene, Salikoko S.
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Language evolution : : contact, competition and change /\ Salikoko S. Mufwene.
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London ;New York :: Continuum,, ©2008.
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xiv, 354 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 26 cm
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0826493696
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: 082649370X
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: 9780826493705
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0978082649369
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-336) and indexes.
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1. Introduction; Part 1: Population Dynamics and Language Evolution; 2. Language evolution; 3. Population movements, contacts, competition, selection, and language evolution; 4. How population-wide patterns emerge in language evolution; 5. What do creoles and pidgins tell us about the evolution of language?; 6. Race, racialism, and the study of language evolution in America; Part 2: Competition, Selection, And the Development of Creoles; 7. Competition and selection in language evolution; 8. Transfer and the 'substrate hypothesis' in creolistics; 9. Grammaticization and the development of creoles; 10. Multilingualism in linguistic history; Part 3: Globalization And Language Vitality; 11. Language birth and death; 12. Globalization and the myth of killer languages; 13. Globalization and language vitality in Francophone Africa; 14. A Case Study: The ecology of Gullah's survival; Conclusions: The big picture and questions for future research; Bibliography; Index.
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Creole dialects.
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Language and languages-- Variation.
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Language obsolescence.
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Languages in contact.
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Linguistic change.
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Creole dialects.
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évolution (biologie)-- langage.
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Language and languages-- Variation.
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Language obsolescence.
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Languages in contact.
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Linguistic change.
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Sprachentwicklung
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Sprachwandel
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Språkförändringar.
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Språkhistoria.
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Sprachentwicklung.
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Sprachwandel.
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Creolisering.
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Taalcontact.
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Taalgenese.
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| Dewey Classification
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417/.7
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P142.M84 2008
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17.12bcl
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17.12.bcl
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EE 1660rvk
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