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language contact

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Language contact is a field of linguistic inquiry that investigates the structural and social outcomes resulting from the interaction between speakers of different languages or language varieties. This includes the processes of language change, borrowing, code-switching, and the formation of new linguistic systems such as pidgins and creoles, highlighting the impact of multilingualism on linguistic systems.

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SP

University of Ottawa

SS

University of Chicago

JM

Pennsylvania State University

SG

University of Michigan

KB

Ghent University

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Max Planck Society

Munich, Germany

Radboud University Nijmegen

Nijmegen, The Netherlands

University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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