Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Contact Onsets and Stability -- 3 Multilingualism in Nations and Individuals -- 4 Contact-Induced Language Change: Results -- 5 Linguistic Areas -- 6 Contact-Induced Language Change: Mechanisms -- 7 Contact Languages I: Pidgins and Creoles -- 8 Contact Languages II: Other Mixed Languages -- 9 Language Death -- 10 Endangered Languages -- Appendix 1: A Map of Some Contact Situations Around the World -- Appendix 2: Official Language in the World's Nations -- Glossary -- References -- Language index -- Name index -- Subject index