Cargando…

Synchronic and diachronic perspectives on contact languages /

This collection of selected conference papers from three SPCL meetings brings together a cross-fertilization of approaches to the study of contact languages. The articles are grouped into three coherent sections dealing with, respectively, phonetics and phonology, including Optimality Theory; synchr...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Huber, Magnus, Velupillai, Viveka, 1974-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2007.
Colección:Creole language library ; v. 32.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This collection of selected conference papers from three SPCL meetings brings together a cross-fertilization of approaches to the study of contact languages. The articles are grouped into three coherent sections dealing with, respectively, phonetics and phonology, including Optimality Theory; synchronic analyses of both morphology and syntax; and diachronic tracings of language change, with special focus on sound patterns as well as semantics. An added value of the volume is that most of the articles are in various ways significant for more than one linguistic subgrouping, and there is a signi.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 370 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027292018
9027292019
1282152661
9781282152663
9786612152665
6612152664
ISSN:0920-9026 ;