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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825258503321

Titolo

Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance : problems in comparative linguistics / / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

1-383-01965-7

1-280-86997-6

0-19-152301-1

0-19-151575-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (470 p.)

Collana

Oxford linguistics

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

AikhenvaldA. IU (Aleksandra IUrevna)

DixonRobert M. W

Disciplina

410

Soggetti

Comparative linguistics

Areal linguistics

Language spread

Languages in contact

Linguistic change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE HISTORICAL DETERMINANTS OF PUNCTUATION IN LANGUAGE-FAMILY ORIGINS; 3 AN INDO-EUROPEAN LINGUISTIC AREA AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS: ANCIENT ANATOLIA. AREAL DIFFUSION AS A CHALLENGE TO THE COMPARATIVE METHOD?; 4 THE AUSTRALIAN LINGUISTIC AREA; 5 DESCENT AND DIFFUSION: THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PILBARA SITUATION; 6 CONTACT-INDUCED CHANGE IN OCEANIC LANGUAGES IN NORTH-WEST MELANESIA; 7 AREAL DIFFUSION, GENETIC INHERITANCE, AND PROBLEMS OF SUBGROUPING: A NORTH ARAWAK CASE STUDY

8 LINGUISTIC DIFFUSION IN PRESENT-DAY EAST ANATOLIA: FROM TOP TO BOTTOM9 THE ROLE OF MIGRATION AND LANGUAGE CONTACT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SINO-TIBETAN LANGUAGE FAMILY; 10 ON GENETIC AND AREAL LINGUISTICS IN MAINLAND SOUTH-EAST ASIA:



PARALLEL POLYFUNCTIONALITY OF 'ACQUIRE'; 11 GENETIC VERSUS CONTACT RELATIONSHIP: PROSODIC DIFFUSIBILITY IN SOUTH-EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES; 12 LANGUAGE CONTACT AND AREAL DIFFUSION IN SINITIC LANGUAGES; 13 AREAL DIFFUSION VERSUS GENETIC INHERITANCE: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE; 14 CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES

15 WHAT LANGUAGE FEATURES CAN BE 'BORROWED'?Index of authors; Index of languages and language families; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This work considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble one another. The book investigates the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages.