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Publication details [#4704]

Hill, Jane H. 1978. Language death, language contact, and language evolution. In McCormack, William C. and Stephen A. Wurm, eds. Approaches to language: Anthropological issues. Mouton. pp. 45–78.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language change | language contact | language death | social context

Annotation

H. addresses the issue of what changes take place in dying languages and in the social context in wich they function, which make them different from 'healthy' languages.