Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance : problems in comparative linguistics /

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This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble each other. Its distinguished authors investigate the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and reveal the means of distinguishing what may cause one lan...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I͡U. (Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna), Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Colección:Oxford linguistics.
Explorations in linguistic typology.
Temas:
Comparative linguistics.
Areal linguistics.
Language spread.
Linguistic change.
Languages in contact.
Linguistique géographique.
Diffusion des langues.
Changement linguistique.
Langues en contact.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Areal linguistics
Comparative linguistics
Language spread
Languages in contact
Linguistic change
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE HISTORICAL DETERMINANTS OF PUNCTUATION IN LANGUAGE-FAMILY ORIGINS; 3 AN INDO-EUROPEAN LINGUISTIC AREA AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS: ANCIENT ANATOLIA. AREAL DIFFUSION AS A CHALLENGE TO THE COMPARATIVE METHOD?; 4 THE AUSTRALIAN LINGUISTIC AREA; 5 DESCENT AND DIFFUSION: THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PILBARA SITUATION; 6 CONTACT-INDUCED CHANGE IN OCEANIC LANGUAGES IN NORTH-WEST MELANESIA; 7 AREAL DIFFUSION, GENETIC INHERITANCE, AND PROBLEMS OF SUBGROUPING: A NORTH ARAWAK CASE STUDY.

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