04267nam 2200949Ia 450 991097199800332120250312175704.09781383019650138301965797812808699761280869976978019152301401915230119780191515750019151575210.1093/oso/9780198299813.001.0001(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(Au-PeEL)EBL430438(CaPaEBR)ebr10177883(CaONFJC)MIL86997(MiAaPQ)EBC430438(OCoLC)1406781145(StDuBDS)9781383019650(OCoLC)46601107(FINmELB)ELB162433(EXLCZ)99100000000039921020010709d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAreal diffusion and genetic inheritance problems in comparative linguistics /edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (470 p.)Oxford linguisticsOxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2001.9780198299813 0198299818 9780199283088 0199283087 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 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.Oxford linguistics.Oxford scholarship online.Comparative linguisticsAreal linguisticsLanguage spreadLanguages in contactLinguistic changeComparative linguistics.Areal linguistics.Language spread.Languages in contact.Linguistic change.410Aĭkhenvalʹd A. I︠U︡(Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)317446Dixon Robert M. W110045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910971998003321Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance4331789UNINA