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Language contacts in prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : studies in stratigraphy / / edited by Henning Andersen



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Titolo: Language contacts in prehistory [[electronic resource] ] : studies in stratigraphy / / edited by Henning Andersen Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (301 p.)
Disciplina: 417/.7
Soggetto topico: Historical linguistics
Languages in contact
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: AndersenHenning <1934->  
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-31211-5
9786613312112
90-272-7530-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
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Serie: Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. : Series IV, . -Current issues in linguistic theory ; ; v. 239.