Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion write by Éva Ágnes Csató. This book was released on 2005. Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The volume in the field of Iranian, Semitic and Turkic contact linguistics, is the first of its kind, providing a summary of the present results of this dynamic field of research.
Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance
Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance write by Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd. This book was released on 2006. Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas
Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas write by Osamu Hieda. This book was released on 2011-01-26. Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in particular, southern Africa with its Khoisan languages. A wide range of phenomena are discussed to give an overview of the pattern of social, cultural, and linguistic interaction that characterizes Africa's linguistic geography. Most contributors to the volume discuss language contact and areal diffusion in Africa, although some demonstrate, with examples from non-African linguistic data, including Amazonian and European languages, how language contact may lead to structural convergence. Others investigate contact phenomena in social-cultural behavior. The volume makes a large contribution toward bringing generalized theory to data-oriented discussions. It is intended to stimulate further research on contact phenomena in Africa. For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co.
Dialect Change
Dialect Change - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dialect Change write by Peter Auer. This book was released on 2005-06-17. Dialect Change available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dialects are constantly changing, and due to increased mobility in more recent years, European dialects have 'levelled', making it difficult to distinguish a native of Reading from a native of London, or a native of Bonn from a native of Cologne. This comprehensive study brings together a team of leading scholars to explore all aspects of recent dialect change, in particular dialect convergence and divergence. Drawing on examples from a wide range of European countries - as well as areas where European languages have been transplanted - they examine a range of issues relating to dialect contact and isolation, and show how sociolinguistic conditions differ hugely between and within European countries. Each specially commissioned chapter is based on original research, giving an overview of work on that particular area and presenting case studies to illustrate the issues discussed. Dialect Change will be welcomed by all those interested in sociolinguistics, dialectology, the relevance of language variation to formal linguistic theories, and European languages.
From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics
From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics write by Pieter Muysken. This book was released on 2008. From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From linguistic areas to areal linguistics explores language description and typology in terms of areal background, presenting case studies in areal linguistics. Some concern well-established linguistic areas such as the Balkan, other regions such as East Nusantara (Indonesia) and the Guapore-Mamore (Amazon) regions have never before been studied in an areal perspective, and yet other areas are involved in current debates. The insight has gained ground that languages owe many of their characteristics to the languages they are in contact with over time. Yet the nature of these areal influences remains a matter of debate. Furthermore, areas are often hard to define. Hence the title: a shift from linguistic areas as concrete and circumscribed objects to a new way of doing linguistics: areally. New findings include the observation that there may be many more language areas than previously recognized. The book is primarily directed at linguists working in descriptive, comparative, historical and typological linguistics. Since it covers linguistic areas from four continents, it will have a wide appeal.
