The social factors, and not linguistic ones, are responsible for the emergence of mixed languages. Only in this way can one try to unravel the genesis of these mixed languages. They show the manifest necessity in the study of these languages that historical and social factors should be linked with structural and typological properties of the languages involved. We hope that the contributions to this book will help to make the study of mixed languages and their genesis a respectable field within historical linguistics and sociolinguistics. The correlation of the mixture and the social context is crucial in the understanding of the processes involved. The changes are spectacular in outcome and - when recoverable- in speed. The case studies in this book form a valuable challenge and contribution to historical linguistics.
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