Vernacular universals and language contacts
Subtitle: evidence from varieties of English and beyond
By: edited by Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola, and Heli Paulasto.
Contributors: Filppula, Markku.; Klemola, Juhani.; Paulasto, Heli.
Series: Routledge studies in Germanic linguistics -- 14
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
ISBN-13: 9780415992398
Subjects: Universals (Linguistics); English language -- Variation; Languages in contact; Linguistic change
Notes: "This Overview and all the other articles in this volume are based on papers presented at an international symposium on World Englishes: Vernacular Universals vs. Contact-Induced Change, held at the University of Joensuu Research Station at Mekrijärvi, Finland, 1-3 September, 2006."

Includes bibliographical references and index.