Migge, BettinaBettinaMigge2015-01-162015-01-162015 Cambr2015-09Language in Societyhttp://hdl.handle.net/10197/6298Research on contact languages and language contact has been on the rise since the publication of Thomason and Kaufman (1988) and growing interest in (linguistic) hybridity. Despite definitive advances, research has nevertheless proceeded on a narrow empirical base focusing on European-influenced contexts in the Atlantic region due to researchers’ restricted linguistic competences and limited research agendas, and traditions that privilege structural linguistic issues of a language from a diachronic perspective.enThis article has been accepted for publication by Cambridge University Press and is available in the Language in Society, Vol: 44, Issue: 03 (2015): 438-441.Contact languagesPidgin languagesCreole languagesReview44343844110.1017/S00474045150002752014-12-17https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/