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1. English and Celtic in Contact

   By Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola, Heli Paulasto

   Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

   This book provides the first comprehensive account of the history and extent of Celtic influences in English. Drawing on both original research and existing work, it covers both the earliest medieval contacts and their linguistic effects and the reflexes of later, early modern and modern contacts,...

   To Be Published July 10th 2012 by Routledge
2. Vernacular Universals and Language Contacts

   Evidence from Varieties of English and Beyond

   Edited by Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola, Heli Paulasto

   Series: Routledge Studies in Germanic Linguistics

   In this book, contributors have been brought together to discuss the role of two major factors shaping the grammars of different varieties of English (and of other languages) all over the world: so-called vernacular universals and contact-induced change. Rather than assuming a general typological...

   Published December 21st 2008 by Routledge