Grammars in contact [[electronic resource] ] : a cross-linguistic typology / / editors, Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, R.M.W. Dixon

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Typology (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general
• Altri autori: AĭkhenvalʹdA. I︠U︡ (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna) DixonRobert M. W. <1939->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Notes on the Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 GRAMMARS IN CONTACT: A CROSS-LINGUISTIC PERSPECTIVE; 2 GRAMMATICAL DIFFUSION IN AUSTRALIA: FREE AND BOUND PRONOUNS; 3 HOW LONG DO LINGUISTIC AREAS LAST?: WESTERN NILOTIC GRAMMARS IN CONTACT; 4 GRAMMARS IN CONTACT IN THE VOLTA BASIN (WEST AFRICA): ON CONTACT-INDUCED GRAMMATICAL CAHANGE IN LIKPE; 5 BASQUE IN CONTACT WITH ROMANCE LANGUAGES; 6 LANGUAGE CONTACT AND CONVERGENCE IN EAST TIMOR: THE CASE OF TETUN DILI; 7 LANGUAGE CONTACT AND CONVERGENCE IN PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN ; 8 BALKANIZING THE BALKAN SPRACHBUND: A CLOSER LOOK AT GRAMMATICAL PERMEABILITY AND FEATURE DISTRIBUTION9 CANTONESE GRAMMAR IN AREAL PERSPECTIVE; 10 SEMANTICS AND PRAGMATICS OF GRAMMATICAL RELATIONS IN THE VAUPÉS LINGUISTIC AREA; 11 THE VAUPÉS MELTING POT: TUCANOAN INFLUENCE ON HUP; 12 THE QUECHUA IMPACT IN AMUESHA, AN ARAWAK LANGUAGE OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON; 13 FEELING THE NEED: THE BORROWING OF CARIBAN FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES INTO MAWAYANA (ARAWAK); Glossary of Terms; Author Index; Index of languages, language families, and linguistic areas; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The present volume examines the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation. It contains an encyclopaedic introduction, which sets out a general theory of contact-induced change, and twelve subsequent chapters, which analyse the effects of language contact on grammatical systems in a variety of languages belonging to different geographical areas and diverse types. - ;Languages can be similar in many ways - they can resemble each other in categories, constructions and meanings, and in the actual forms used to express these. A shared feature may be based on common genetic o
• Titolo autorizzato: Grammars in contact
• ISBN: 1-383-03470-2; 1-281-14906-3; 9786611149062; 0-19-151412-8; 1-4294-7050-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828280703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Explorations in linguistic typology ; ; 4.