Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. Part I
5. Differential impact of colonial languages on written languages 3
6. Contact in World Englishes at the nexus of language and culture 91
7. Far beyond the Caucasus 111
8. Scenarios of Basque Language Contact 145
9. The relevance of origin 165
10. On the morphosyntax of place names vs. common nouns in pidgins and creoles 195
11. Places, manners, and the areal phonology of Europe 249
12. Travellers in time and space 327
13. Part II
14. The city as multilingual utopia 369
15. Fluid registers and fixed language concepts in postcolonial spaces 439
16. Prolegomena to a study of code-switching in Togo and its metapragmatic functions 477
17. Index of Authors 513
18. Index of Languages, Language Families, and Linguistic Areas 521
19. Index of Subjects 527