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This volume provides a detailed analysis of language contact in North Africa and explores the historical presence of the languages used in the region, including the different varieties of Arabic and Berber as well as European languages. Using a wide range of data sets, it provides a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms of language contact under classical diglossia and societal bilingualism, examining multiple cases of oral and written code-switching. It also describes contact-induced lexical and structural change in ...

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Diglossia and Language Contact: Language Variation and Change in North Africa 2019, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781316645352

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Diglossia and Language Contact: Language Variation and Change in North Africa 2014, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521119368

Hardcover