This book is a comprehensive introduction to the study of language contact and its outcomes, as well as the social and linguistic factors involved. <br><ul><br><li>Provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of contact linguistics. <br><li>Examines a wide range of language contact phenomena from both general linguistic and sociolinguistic perspectives. <br><li>Offers an account of current approaches to all of the major types of contact-induced change. <br><li>Discusses the general processes and principles that are at work in cases of contact.</li></ul>