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What happens when languages collide?

Linguists Colin Gorrie (Dead Language Society) and Danny Hieber (Linguistic Discovery) discuss pidgins, creoles, mixed languages, English as a contact language, Europe as a linguistic area, and more!

What happens when languages collide? In this livestream, linguists Colin Gorrie and Daniel W. Hieber, Ph.D. talk about language contact—when languages influence each other’s lexicon and grammar. In particular, we talk about language contact in Europe and the history of English.

Some articles we mention during the livestream:

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Dead Language Society

Dead Language Society
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