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Publication details [#36689]

Coulmas, Florian, ed. 1989. Language adaptation. Cambridge University Press. xii + 198 pp.
Publication type
Book – edited volume
Publication language
English
Keywords
adaptation | historical explanation | language development2 | modernization
Language as a subject
Arabic | Chinese | German | Hebrew | Hindi | Japanese | Kiswahili

Annotation

The papers in this collection address problems related to language adaptation, development or modernization, from both historical and synchronic perspectives. The languages studied include German, Hebrew, Kiswahili, Arabic, Hindi, Chinese and Japanese.

Reviewed by

Bader, Yousef. 1992. Review of $Language adaptation.