Atlas Of Languages Of Intercultural Communication In The Pacific Asia And The Americas

Author : Stephen A. Wurm,Peter Mühlhäusler,Darrell T. Tryon
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1903 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110819724

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Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas by Stephen A. Wurm,Peter Mühlhäusler,Darrell T. Tryon Pdf

“An absolutely unique work in linguistics publishing – full of beautiful maps and authoritative accounts of well-known and little-known language encounters. Essential reading (and map-viewing) for students of language contact with a global perspective.” Prof. Dr. Martin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie The two text volumes cover a large geographical area, including Australia, New Zealand, Melanesia, South -East Asia (Insular and Continental), Oceania, the Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Mongolia, Central Asia, the Caucasus Area, Siberia, Arctic Areas, Canada, Northwest Coast and Alaska, United States Area, Mexico, Central America, and South America. The Atlas is a detailed, far-reaching handbook of fundamental importance, dealing with a large number of diverse fields of knowledge, with the reported facts based on sound scholarly research and scientific findings, but presented in a form intelligible to non-specialists and educated lay persons in general.

Author : Stephen Adolphe Wurm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:61994771

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Atlas of languages of intercultural communication in the Pacific, Asia and the Americas. 2, Texts : 1 (1996) by Stephen Adolphe Wurm Pdf

Author : Stephen Adolphe Wurm,Peter Mühlhäusler,Darrell T. Tryon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Intercultural communication
ISBN : 3110134179

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Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas: Texts (2 v.) by Stephen Adolphe Wurm,Peter Mühlhäusler,Darrell T. Tryon Pdf

Volume 1 contains 21 Australian maps which include language contacts in various states and missions, schools and Aboriginal Reserves in New South Wales, Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia; Volume II Part 1 contains twelve articles on language and language contacts in Australia.

Author : Eithne B. Carlin,Simon van de Kerke
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789047427087

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Linguistics and Archaeology in the Americas by Eithne B. Carlin,Simon van de Kerke Pdf

This book offers a state of the art overview of current linguistic and archaeological research from the Caribbean and Meso America, through Amazonia and the Andes to Argentina, ranging from historical comparative through descriptive and socio-linguistics to new discoveries in archaeological research.

Author : Elise S. Ahn,Juldyz Smagulova
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614514534

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Language Change in Central Asia by Elise S. Ahn,Juldyz Smagulova Pdf

Twenty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan are still undergoing numerous transitions. This book examines various language issues in relation to current discussions about national identity, education, and changing notions of socio-cultural capital in Central Asia.

Author : Edward Vajda
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783111378381

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The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia by Edward Vajda Pdf

The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia: A Comprehensive Guide surveys the indigenous languages of Asia’s North Pacific Rim, Siberia, and adjacent portions of Inner Eurasia. It provides in-depth descriptions of every first-order family of this vast area, with special emphasis on family-internal subdivision and dialectal differentiation. Individual chapters trace the origins and expansion of the region’s widespread pastoral-based language groups as well as the microfamilies and isolates spoken by northern Asia’s surviving hunter-gatherers. Separate chapters cover sparsely recorded languages of early Inner Eurasia that defy precise classification and the various pidgins and creoles spread over the region. Other chapters investigate the typology of salient linguistic features of the area, including vowel harmony, noun inflection, verb indexing (also known as agreement), complex morphologies, and the syntax of complex predicates. Issues relating to genealogical ancestry, areal contact and language endangerment receive equal attention. With historical connections both to Eurasia’s pastoral-based empires as well as to ancient population movements into the Americas, the steppes, taiga forests, tundra and coastal fringes of northern Asia offer a complex and fascinating object of linguistic investigation.

Author : Harold Koch,Rachel Nordlinger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 523 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110279771

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The Languages and Linguistics of Australia by Harold Koch,Rachel Nordlinger Pdf

The Languages and Linguistics of Australia: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world. The volume provides a thorough overview of Australian languages, including their linguistic structures, their genetic relationships, and issues of language maintenance and revitalisation. Australian English, Aboriginal English and other contact varieties are also discussed.

Author : Paul Sidwell,Mathias Jenny
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 983 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9783110558142

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The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia by Paul Sidwell,Mathias Jenny Pdf

The handbook will offer a survey of the field of linguistics in the early 21st century for the Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. The last half century has seen a great increase in work on language contact, work in genetic, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics, and since the 1990s especially documentation of endangered languages. The book will provide an account of work in these areas, focusing on the achievements of SEAsian linguistics, as well as the challenges and unresolved issues, and provide a survey of the relevant major publications and other available resources. We will address: Survey of the languages of the area, organized along genetic lines, with discussion of relevant political and cultural background issues Theoretical/descriptive and typological issues Genetic classification and historical linguistics Areal and contact linguistics Other areas of interest such as sociolinguistics, semantics, writing systems, etc. Resources (major monographs and monograph series, dictionaries, journals, electronic data bases, etc.) Grammar sketches of languages representative of the genetic and structural diversity of the region.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004350519

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Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia by Anonim Pdf

Sociohistorical Linguistics in Southeast Asia provides new analyses of regional Tibeto-Burman languages and sub-branches to demonstrate ways in which diachronic, social and geographic aspects of language variation and language endangerment are necessary for more adequate descriptions of language systems.

Author : Marc Allassonnière-Tang,Marcin Kilarski
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027249241

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Nominal Classification in Asia and Oceania by Marc Allassonnière-Tang,Marcin Kilarski Pdf

Linguists have long been interested in systems of nominal classification due to their diverse functions as well as cognitive and cultural correlates. Among others, ongoing research has focused on semantic, functional and morphosyntactic properties of complex systems such as co-occurring gender and numeral classifiers. Such approaches have typically focused on the languages of north-western South America and Papua New Guinea. This volume proposes to fill in a gap in existing research by focusing on Asia, based on case studies from languages belonging to a wide range of families, i.e., Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Dravidian, Hmong-Mien, Indo-European, Mongolic, Sino-Tibetan and Tai-Kadai as well as the language isolate Nivkh. Gender and classifiers in these languages are approached within several different perspectives, i.e., functional, typological and diachronic, thus revealing complex patterns in their lexical and pragmatic functions as well as origin, development and loss. Describing and analysing such properties is a unique and innovative contribution of the volume.

Author : Andreas Hölzl
Publisher : Language Science Press
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783961101023

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A typology of questions in Northeast Asia and beyond by Andreas Hölzl Pdf

This study investigates the distribution of linguistic and specifically structural diversity in Northeast Asia (NEA), defined as the region north of the Yellow River and east of the Yenisei. In particular, it analyzes what is called the grammar of questions (GQ), i.e., those aspects of any given language that are specialized for asking questions or regularly combine with these. The bulk of the study is a bottom-up description and comparison of GQs in the languages of NEA. The addition of the phrase and beyond to the title of this study serves two purposes. First, languages such as Turkish and Chuvash are included, despite the fact that they are spoken outside of NEA, since they have ties to (or even originated in) the region. Second, despite its focus on one area, the typology is intended to be applicable to other languages as well. Therefore, it makes extensive use of data from languages outside of NEA. The restriction to one category is necessary for reasons of space and clarity, and the process of zooming in on one region allows a higher resolution and historical accuracy than is usually the case in linguistic typology. The discussion mentions over 450 languages and dialects from NEA and beyond and gives about 900 glossed examples. The aim is to achieve both a cross-linguistically plausible typology and a maximal resolution of the linguistic diversity of Northeast Asia.

Author : Umberto Ansaldo,Miriam Meyerhoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781000221480

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The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages by Umberto Ansaldo,Miriam Meyerhoff Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages offers a state-of-the-art collection of original contributions in the area of Pidgin and Creole studies. Providing unique and equal coverage of nearly all parts of the world where such languages are found, as well as situating each area within a rich socio-historical context, this book presents fresh and diverse interdisciplinary perspectives from leading voices in the field. Divided into three sections, its analysis covers: Space and place – areal perspective on pidgin and creole languages Usage, function and power – sociolinguistic and artistic perspectives on pidgins and creoles, creoles as sociocultural phenomena Framing of the study of pidgin and creole languages – history of the field, interdisciplinary connections Demonstrating how fundamentally human and natural these communication systems are, how rich in expressive power and sophisticated in their complexity, The Routledge Handbook of Pidgin and Creole Languages is an essential reference for anyone with an interest in this area.

Author : Raymond Hickey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781119485063

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The Handbook of Language Contact by Raymond Hickey Pdf

The second edition of the definitive reference on contact studies and linguistic change—provides extensive new research and original case studies Language contact is a dynamic area of contemporary linguistic research that studies how language changes when speakers of different languages interact. Accessibly structured into three sections, The Handbook of Language Contact explores the role of contact studies within the field of linguistics, the value of contact studies for language change research, and the relevance of language contact for sociolinguistics. This authoritative volume presents original findings and fresh research directions from an international team of prominent experts. Thirty-seven specially-commissioned chapters cover a broad range of topics and case studies of contact from around the world. Now in its second edition, this valuable reference has been extensively updated with new chapters on topics including globalization, language acquisition, creolization, code-switching, and genetic classification. Fresh case studies examine Romance, Indo-European, African, Mayan, and many other languages in both the past and the present. Addressing the major issues in the field of language contact studies, this volume: Includes a representative sample of individual studies which re-evaluate the role of language contact in the broader context of language and society Offers 23 new chapters written by leading scholars Examines language contact in different societies, including many in Africa and Asia Provides a cross-section of case studies drawing on languages across the world The Handbook of Language Contact, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for researchers, scholars, and students involved in language contact, language variation and change, sociolinguistics, bilingualism, and language theory.

Author : Claire Bowern
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1179 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780192558497

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The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages by Claire Bowern Pdf

The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages is a wide-ranging reference work that explores the more than 550 traditional and new Indigenous languages of Australia. Australian languages have long played an important role in diachronic and synchronic linguistics and are a vital testing ground for linguistic theory. Until now, however, there has been no comprehensive and accessible guide to the their vast linguistic diversity. This volume fills that gap, bringing together leading scholars and junior researchers to provide an up-to-date guide to all aspects of the languages of Australia. The chapters in the book explore typology, documentation, and classification; linguistic structures from phonology to pragmatics and discourse; sociolinguistics and language variation; and language in the community. The final part offers grammatical sketches of a selection of languages, sub-groups, and families. At a time when the number of living Australian languages is significantly reduced even compared to twenty year ago, this volume establishes priorities for future linguistic research and contributes to the language expansion and revitalization efforts that are underway.

Author : John McWhorter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780190294939

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Language Interrupted by John McWhorter Pdf

Foreigners often say that English language is "easy." A language like Spanish is challenging in its variety of verb endings (the verb speak is conjugated hablo, hablas, hablamos), and gender for nouns, whereas English is more straight forward (I speak, you speak, we speak). But linguists generally swat down claims that certain languages are "easier" than others, since it is assumed all languages are complex to the same degree. For example, they will point to English's use of the word "do" -- Do you know French? This usage is counter-intuitive and difficult for non-native speakers. Linguist John McWhorter agrees that all languages are complex, but questions whether or not they are all equally complex. The topic of complexity has become a hot issue in recent years, particularly in creole studies, historical linguistics, and language contact. As McWhorter describes, when languages came into contact over the years (when French speakers ruled the English for a few centuries, or the vikings invaded England), a large number of speakers are forced to learn a new language quickly, and this came up with a simplified version, a pidgin. When this ultimately turns into a "real" language, a creole, the result is still simpler and less complex than a "non-interrupted" language that has been around for a long time. McWhorter makes the case that this kind of simplification happens in degrees, and criticizes linguists who are reluctant to say that, for example, English is simply simpler than Spanish for socio-historical reasons. He analyzes how various languages that seem simple but are not creoles, actually are simpler than they would be if they had not been broken down by large numbers of adult learners. In addition to English, he looks at Mandarin Chinese, Persian, Malay, and some Arabic varieties. His work will interest not just experts in creole studies and historical linguistics, but the wider community interested in language complexity.