Appel and Muysken 1987

Appel, Rene, and Pieter Muysken. 1987.Language contact and bilingualism. New York: Edward Arnold. 213 pages. 0713164913. Location: Dallas SIL Library 404.2 A646l. Interest level: academic.

Asks what happens (sociologically, linguistically, educationally, and politically) when more than one language is used regularly in a community.

Discusses how speakers handle languages simultaneously and what influence language contact has on the languages involved.

Draws together diverse research on a number of new approaches to these questions of multilanguage contact. Looks at examples from many different situations.

Results in a clear, concise overview of this comparatively new area of language study (back cover).

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