04146nam 2200757Ia 450 991045824360332120200520144314.01-280-86997-60-19-152301-10-19-151575-2(CKB)1000000000399210(EBL)430438(OCoLC)315953515(SSID)ssj0000105425(PQKBManifestationID)11114410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105425(PQKBWorkID)10101219(PQKB)11449731(SSID)ssj0000886979(PQKBManifestationID)12449398(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886979(PQKBWorkID)10839006(PQKB)11785004(MiAaPQ)EBC430438(Au-PeEL)EBL430438(CaPaEBR)ebr10177883(CaONFJC)MIL86997(EXLCZ)99100000000039921020010709d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAreal diffusion and genetic inheritance[electronic resource] problems in comparative linguistics /edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. DixonOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (470 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-829981-8 0-19-928308-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 STUDY8 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 LANGUAGES15 WHAT LANGUAGE FEATURES CAN BE 'BORROWED'?Index of authors; Index of languages and language families; Subject indexThis 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 foComparative linguisticsAreal linguisticsLanguage spreadLanguages in contactLinguistic changeElectronic books.Comparative linguistics.Areal linguistics.Language spread.Languages in contact.Linguistic change.410Aĭkhenvalʹd A. I͡U(Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna)317446Dixon Robert M. W110045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458243603321Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance1926450UNINA