Van Oostendorp (2017) – Language contact and constructed languages

Language contact and constructed languages
Marc Van Oostendorp
direct link: http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/003776
December 2017
This chapter gives an overview of language contact phenomena in so-called constructed or artificial languages, and explains how the study of such languages can be used to understand the phenomenon of language contact better.

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Reference: lingbuzz/003776
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Published in: To appear in: Jeroen Darquennes, Joe Salmons and Wim Vandenbussche (Eds.) Handbook of Language Contact. Mouton.
keywords: artificial languages, constructed languages, natural language, morphology, syntax, phonology