Language contacts in prehistory : studies in stratigraphy / / edited by Henning Andersen
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| Titolo: |
Language contacts in prehistory : studies in stratigraphy / / edited by Henning Andersen
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| Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2003 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 417/.7 |
| Soggetto topico: | Historical linguistics |
| Languages in contact | |
| Altri autori: |
AndersenHenning <1934->
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| Note generali: | "Papers from the workshop on linguistic stratigraphy and prehistory of the Fifteenth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, 17 August 2001."--Pref. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | LANGUAGE CONTACTS IN PREHISTORY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; STRATUM AND SHADOWA GENEALOGY OF STRATIGRAPHY THEORIES FROM THE INDO-EUROPEAN WEST; SLAVIC AND THE INDO-EUROPEAN MIGRATIONS; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFECT IN INDO-EUROPEANSTRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF PREHISTORIC AREAL INFLUENCE; STRATIGRAPHY IN AFRICAN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; STRATIGRAPHY AND PREHISTORY: BANTU ZONE F; LANGUAGE CONTACTS IN NILO-SAHARAN PREHISTORY; EVIDENCEFOR AUSTROASIATIC STRATA IN THAI |
| MILLERS AND MULLERSTHE ARCHAEO-LINGUISTIC STRATIGRAPHY OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN HOLOCENE AUSTRALIALOANWORD STRATA IN ROTUMAN; SUBSTRATUM AND ADSTRATUM IN PREHISTORIC JAPANESE; UTO-AZTECAN IN THE LINGUISTIC STRATIGRAPHY OF MESOAMERICAN PREHISTORY; LANGUAGE INDEX | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Every language includes layers of lexical and grammatical elements that entered it at different times in the more or less distant past. Hence, for periods preceding our earliest historical documentation, linguistic stratigraphy - the systematic study of such layers - may yield information about the prehistory of a given tradition of speaking in a variety of ways. For instance, irregular phonological reflexes may be evidence of the convergence of diverse dialects in the formation of a language, and layers of material from different source languages may form a record of changing cultural co |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Language contacts in prehistory |
| ISBN: | 1-283-31211-5 |
| 9786613312112 | |
| 90-272-7530-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811005603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 239.