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Title Copies versus cognates in bound morphology / edited by Lars Johanson, Martine Robbeets
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012

Copies

Description 1 online resource (xv, 455 pages) : illustrations
Series Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture
Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture.
Contents pt. 1. Theoretical and typological issues -- pt. 2. Case studies : America. Eurasia
Summary Copies versus Cognates in Bound Morphology puts genealogical and areal explanation for shared morphology in a balanced perspective. Lars Johanson and Martine Robbeets provide nothing less than the foundations for a new perspective on diachronic linguistics between genealogical and areal linguistics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Comparative linguistics.
Cognate words.
Areal linguistics.
Linguistic universals.
Languages in contact.
Language spread.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Suffixes and prefixes.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphology.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
Areal linguistics
Cognate words
Comparative linguistics
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphology
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Suffixes and prefixes
Language spread
Languages in contact
Linguistic universals
Form Electronic book
Author Johanson, Lars, 1936-
Robbeets, Martine Irma
ISBN 9789004230477
9004230475
9781283958455
1283958457