Grammars in contact : a cross-linguistic typology

Grammars in contact : a cross-linguistic typology / editors, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon.

Examining the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation, this book contains an encyclopaedic introduction, which sets out a theory of contact-induced change, and chapters which analyse the effects of language contact on grammatical systems in a variety of languages.

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Other Authors: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna) (Editor), Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2007.
Series:Explorations in linguistic typology ; 4.
Subjects:
Typology (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Tipología (Lingüística)
Gramática
Grammar, Comparative and general
Taaltypologie.
Grammatica.
Taalcontact.
Vergelijkende linguïstiek.
Språkkontakter.
Språktypologi.
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Table of Contents:
  • Grammars in contact : a cross-linguistic perspective
  • Grammatical diffusion in Australia : free and bound pronouns
  • How long do linguistic areas last? : Western Nilotic grammars in contact
  • Grammars in contact in the Volta Basin (West Africa) : on contact-induced grammatical change in Likpe
  • Basque in contact with Romance languages
  • Language contact and convergence in East Timor : the case of Tetun Dili
  • Language contact and convergence in Pennsylvania German
  • Balkanizing the Balkan sprachbund : a closer look at grammatical permeability and feature distribution
  • Cantonese grammar in areal perspective
  • Semantics and pragmatics of grammatical relations in the Vaupés linguistic area
  • The Vaupés melting pot : Tucanoan influence on Hup
  • The Quechua impact in Amuesha, an Arawak language of the Peruvian Amazon
  • Feeling the need : the borrowing of Cariban functional categories into Mawayana (Arawak).

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