Linguistic areas convergence in historical and typological perspective
The contributors to this collection address issues of definition and theory of linguistic areas, analyse the process of convergence, and introduce methods to assess the impact of langauge contact across geographical zones. New cases studies are introduced which extend the corpus of areas described s...
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| Formato: | Libro |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
Palgrave Macmillan
2006
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures and Maps * List of Tables * List of Abbreviations * Notes on the Contributors * Introduction--A.McMahon, Y.Matras & N.Vincent * Areal Linguistics: A Closer Scrutiny--L.Campbell * All or Nothing--T.Stolz * Keeping Contact in the Family: Approaches to Language Classification and Contact-induced Change--A.McMahon & R.McMahon * Linguistic Areas, Language Contact and Typology: Some Implications from the Case of Ethiopia as a Linguistic Area--W.Bisang * Structural Isoglosses between Khoekhoe and Tuu: The Cape as a Linguistic Area--T.Güldemann * The Sri Lanka Sprachbund: The Newcomers Portuguese and Malay--P.Bakker * On the Roles of Turkic in the Caucasus Area; L.Johanson * The Circle That Won't Come Full: Two Potential Isoglosses in the Circum-Baltic Area--M.Koptjevskaja-Tamm * Complex Emotion Predicates in Eastern Indonesia: Evidence for Language Contact?--S.Musgrave * Another Look at Australia as a Linguistic Area--C.Bowern * Towards a Typology of the Siberian Linguistic Area--G.D.S.Anderson * Index
