Language contact and grammatical change /

The phenomenon of language contact has been of great interest to linguists in recent years. This pioneering new study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact, and the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Heine, Bernd, 1939-
Other Authors: Kuteva, Tania, 1958-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Series:Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Subjects:
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Grammar, Comparative and general > Grammaticalization.
Typology (Linguistics)
Areal linguistics.
Langues en contact.
Changement linguistique.
Grammaticalisation.
Typologie (Linguistique)
Linguistique géographique.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Sprachtypologie
Sprachkontakt
Sprachwandel
Taalcontact.
Grammaticalisering.
Taalverandering.
Géographie linguistique.
Variation de langage.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The framework
  • On replicating use patterns
  • Grammaticalization
  • Typological change
  • On linguistic areas
  • Limits of replication.

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