Merchants of innovation: the languages of traders
Éditeur :
De Gruyter
ISBN :
9781501511608
Date de publication :
8 mai 2017
Dimensions :
23,0 x 15,5 cm
Poids :
581 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This volume suggests a clear cross-linguistic tendency that mercantile writing displays a greater degree of language mixing, code-switching and linguistic innovation, and, by setting such precedents, promote language change.