The study of language contact in the „new" English varieties is frequently influenced by sociolinguistic approaches and reference to substrate languages but m

This book provides explanations for the emergence of contact languages, especially pidgins and creoles. It assesses the current state of research and examines a

For review see: Geneviève Escure, in New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids, vol. 72, no. 1 & 2 (1998); p. 192-194. - For abstract see: Caribbean Ab

Starting in 1498, contact between Ibero-Romance and Asian languages has taken place along a vast stretch of the coastlines of continental and insular Asia, prod

This book explores the evolution of modal constructions of necessity and obligation in New Englishes. Focusing on Singapore English, analysis of corpus data rev