journal of language contact 7 (2014) 392-407 © koninklijke brill nv, leiden, 2014 | doi 10.1163/19552629-00702007 brill.com/jlc What Motivates Morphological Copying? A Review article of Martine Vanhove, Thomas Stolz, Aina Urdze, and Hitomi Otsuka (eds.). 2012: ‘Morphologies in Contact’ Zygmunt Frajzyngier Department of Linguistics, University of Colorado zygmunt.frajzyngier@colorado.edu Abstract Based on the papers included in the reviewed volume, this article puts forward a num- ber of questions that are important for the theory of language change under contact. While there exist reliable methodologies to determine whether a given form repre- sents the effect of language contact or not, and a slightly less reliable methodologies to establish whether a given function is a product of language contact, there is a relative paucity of studies discussing the motivation for language change under contact with respect to the functions encoded in the language. Keywords morphological copying – change in function – change in form In the fall of 2009 the University of Bremen hosted a two-week Festival of Languages organized by Bremen linguists under the leadership of Thomas Stolz. During this festival a number of symposia were held. The present volume is a product of a symposium specifically dedicated to morphologies in contact. This review article will present the content of the volume and will address some of the issues that have implications for the theory of language change and language structure and for the methodology of distinguishing changes resulting from language contact from changes resulting from language- internal motivation. Because the review article’s main objects are scientific questions, issues of felicity of organization, style and readability of various papers are not addressed, as they might detract from the scholarly substance of the papers.