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Publication details [#47604]
McWhorter, John. 2007. Language Interrupted. Signs of Non-Native Acquisition in Standard Language. Oxford University Press. 304 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
Questioning whether all languages are equally complex, this study points at simplification caused by interruption through the process of lanuage contact and resulting pidging and creole formation. In addition to English, it considers Persian, some Arabic varieties, Mandarin Chinese and Malay.