LEADER 04146nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910458243603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-86997-6 010 $a0-19-152301-1 010 $a0-19-151575-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000399210 035 $a(EBL)430438 035 $a(OCoLC)315953515 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105425 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11114410 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105425 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10101219 035 $a(PQKB)11449731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000886979 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12449398 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886979 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10839006 035 $a(PQKB)11785004 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430438 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430438 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10177883 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL86997 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000399210 100 $a20010709d2001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAreal diffusion and genetic inheritance$b[electronic resource] $eproblems in comparative linguistics /$fedited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2001 215 $a1 online resource (470 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-829981-8 311 $a0-19-928308-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $a8 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 327 $a15 WHAT LANGUAGE FEATURES CAN BE 'BORROWED'?Index of authors; Index of languages and language families; Subject index 330 $aThis 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 606 $aComparative linguistics 606 $aAreal linguistics 606 $aLanguage spread 606 $aLanguages in contact 606 $aLinguistic change 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aComparative linguistics. 615 0$aAreal linguistics. 615 0$aLanguage spread. 615 0$aLanguages in contact. 615 0$aLinguistic change. 676 $a410 701 $aAi?khenval?d$b A. I?U$g(Aleksandra I?Ur?evna)$0317446 701 $aDixon$b Robert M. W$0110045 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458243603321 996 $aAreal diffusion and genetic inheritance$91926450 997 $aUNINA