TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas

The second edition of the definitive reference on contact studies and linguistic change—provides extensive new research and original case studies Language con

The emergence of Modern Hebrew as a spoken language constitutes a unique event in modern history: a language which for generations only existed in the written m

Reflecting a multitude of developments in the study of language change and variation over the last ten years, this extensively updated second edition features a

This book investigates the contact between Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the Vaupés river basin in northwest Amazonia, which spans Colombia and Brazi