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Publication details [#52841]

Filppula, Markku, Juhani Klemola and Heli Paulasto, eds. 2009. Vernacular Universals and Language Contacts. Evidence from Varieties of English and Beyond. Routledge. 386 pp.

Publication type

Book – edited volume

Publication language

English

Keywords

dialect2 | language change | language contact | language variety | vernacular culture

Language as a subject

English

Annotation

This book discusses the role of two main factors defining the grammars of different varieties of English (and of other languages) worldwide: so-called vernacular universals and contact-induced change.