| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 453 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Oxford linguistics |
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Oxford linguistics.
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Explorations in linguistic typology.
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| Contents |
Archaeology and the historical determinants of punctuation in language-family origins -- An Indo-European linguistic area and its characteristics : ancient Anatolia. Areal diffusion as a challenge to the comparative method? -- The Australian linguistic area -- Descent and diffusion : the complexity of the Pilbara situation -- Contact-induced change in Oceanic languages in North-West Melanesia -- Areal diffusion, genetic inheritance, and problems of subgrouping : a North Arawak case study -- Linguistic diffusion in present-day East Anatolia : from top to bottom -- The role of migration and language contact in the development of the Sino-Tibetan language family -- On genetic and areal linguistics in mainland South-East Asia : parallel polyfunctionality of 'acquire' -- Genetic versus contact relationship : prosodic diffusibility in South-East Asian languages -- Language contact and areal diffusion in Sinitic languages -- Areal diffusion versus genetic inheritance : an African perspective -- Convergence and divergence in the development of African languages -- What language features can be 'borrowed'?/ |
| Summary |
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 language to share the characteristics of another. The chapters cover Ancient Anatolia, Modern Anatolia, Australia, Amazonia, Oceania, Southeast and East Asia, and Sub-Saharan. Africa. - ;Two languages can resemble each other in the categories, constructions, and types of meaning they use; and in the fo |
| Notes |
Published in association with the series Explorations in linguistic typology |
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"First published 2001, first published in paperback 2006"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Comparative linguistics.
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Areal linguistics.
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Language spread.
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Linguistic change.
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Languages in contact.
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Ancient Languages.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Historical & Comparative.
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Lingüística comparada
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Difusión de lenguas
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Cambio lingüístico
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Lenguas en contacto
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Areal linguistics
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Comparative linguistics
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Language spread
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Languages in contact
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Linguistic change
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna), editor.
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Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780191523014 |
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0191523011 |
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9780191515750 |
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0191515752 |
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