Introduction to contact language formation (CLF)
Research questions
The role of ecology in Asian contexts
Theory of language and CLF
CLF beyond exceptional evolution
Monsoon Asia
Sino-Javanese trade
The city-ports
Manpower in Southeast Asia
The Western impact
Southeast Asia and the role of Mala
Malay contact varieties
Introducing contexts of formation
The role of Portuguese in Southeast Asia and Southern China
Summary
The ideology of theory
Multilingualism and transmission
Conclusions
Competence, performance and socialization
Language evolution and contact languages
Functionalist assets for contact linguistics
Conclusions
The SLM community
Selection and replication in SLM
Freeing SLM from the chains of exceptionalism
Final remarks
The ecology of identity alignment
Multiple alignments in contact settings
Identity alignment and admixture
Conclusions
Sociohistorical background of Europe-China relations
The ecology of Macau and the Pearl River Delta
Grammatical features of China Coast Pidgin
The missing Makista link?
Discussion
Theoretical and methodological implications
Conclusions and new horizons.
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Contact languages : ecology and evolution in Asia by Umberto Ansaldo. ISBN 9780521863971. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
