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Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas

Osamu Hieda,Christa König,Hirosi Nakagawa
Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas Book PDF

Author : Osamu Hieda,Christa König,Hirosi Nakagawa
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027273956

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Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas by Osamu Hieda,Christa König,Hirosi Nakagawa Pdf

Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in particular, southern Africa with its Khoisan languages. A wide range of phenomena are discussed to give an overview of the pattern of social, cultural, and linguistic interaction that characterizes Africa's linguistic geography. Most contributors to the volume discuss language contact and areal diffusion in Africa, although some demonstrate, with examples from non-African linguistic data, including Amazonian and European languages, how language contact may lead to structural convergence. Others investigate contact phenomena in social-cultural behavior. The volume makes a large contribution toward bringing generalized theory to data-oriented discussions. It is intended to stimulate further research on contact phenomena in Africa. For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co.

Linguistic Areas

April McMahon
Linguistic Areas Book PDF

Author : April McMahon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230287617

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The contributors to this collection address issues of definition and theory of linguistic areas, analyze the process of convergence, and introduce methods to assess the impact of language contact across geographical zones. New case studies are accompanied by discussions that revisit some of the more well-established linguistic areas.

Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas

Osamu Hieda,Christa König,Hiroshi Nakagawa
Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas Book PDF

Author : Osamu Hieda,Christa König,Hiroshi Nakagawa
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027207692

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Geographical Typology and Linguistic Areas by Osamu Hieda,Christa König,Hiroshi Nakagawa Pdf

Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in particular, southern Africa with its Khoisan languages. A wide range of phenomena are discussed to give an overview of the pattern of social, cultural, and linguistic interaction that characterizes Africa's linguistic geography. Most contributors to the volume discuss language contact and areal diffusion in Africa, although some demonstrate, with examples from non-African linguistic data, including Amazonian and European languages, how language contact may lead to structural convergence. Others investigate contact phenomena in social-cultural behavior. The volume makes a large contribution toward bringing generalized theory to data-oriented discussions. It is intended to stimulate further research on contact phenomena in Africa. For sale in all countries except Japan. For customers in Japan: please contact Yushodo Co.

Linguistic Areas

Yaron Matras,April McMahon,Nigel Vincent
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Author : Yaron Matras,April McMahon,Nigel Vincent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Comparative linguistics
ISBN : 1349545449

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Linguistic Areas by Yaron Matras,April McMahon,Nigel Vincent Pdf

The contributors to this collection address issues of definition and theory of linguistic areas, analyze the process of convergence, and introduce methods to assess the impact of language contact across geographical zones. New case studies are accompanied by discussions that revisit some of the more well-established linguistic areas.

From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics

Pieter Muysken
From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics Book PDF

Author : Pieter Muysken
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027231001

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From Linguistic Areas to Areal Linguistics by Pieter Muysken Pdf

From linguistic areas to areal linguistics explores language description and typology in terms of areal background, presenting case studies in areal linguistics. Some concern well-established linguistic areas such as the Balkan, other regions such as East Nusantara (Indonesia) and the Guapore-Mamore (Amazon) regions have never before been studied in an areal perspective, and yet other areas are involved in current debates. The insight has gained ground that languages owe many of their characteristics to the languages they are in contact with over time. Yet the nature of these areal influences remains a matter of debate. Furthermore, areas are often hard to define. Hence the title: a shift from linguistic areas as concrete and circumscribed objects to a new way of doing linguistics: areally. New findings include the observation that there may be many more language areas than previously recognized. The book is primarily directed at linguists working in descriptive, comparative, historical and typological linguistics. Since it covers linguistic areas from four continents, it will have a wide appeal.

Grammars in Contact

Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,R.M.W. Dixon,Robert M. W. Dixon
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Author : Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,R.M.W. Dixon,Robert M. W. Dixon
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199207831

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Grammars in Contact by Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald,R.M.W. Dixon,Robert M. W. Dixon Pdf

Examining the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation, this book contains an encyclopaedic introduction, which sets out a theory of contact-induced change, and chapters which analyse the effects of language contact on grammatical systems in a variety of languages.

Space in Language and Linguistics

Peter Auer,Martin Hilpert,Anja Stukenbrock,Benedikt Szmrecsanyi
Space in Language and Linguistics Book PDF

Author : Peter Auer,Martin Hilpert,Anja Stukenbrock,Benedikt Szmrecsanyi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110312027

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Space in Language and Linguistics by Peter Auer,Martin Hilpert,Anja Stukenbrock,Benedikt Szmrecsanyi Pdf

This book brings together three perspectives on language and space that are quite well-researched within themselves, but which so far are lacking productive interconnections. Specifically, the book aims to interconnect the following research areas: Language, space, and geography Grammar, space, and cognition Language and interactional spaces The contributions in this book cover geographical language variation within and across languages, language use in stationary and mobile interactional spaces, computer-mediated communication, and spatial reasoning across languages. This range of issues showcases the thematic and methodological breadth of research on language and space. In order to identify interconnections, the respective contributions are accompanied by commentaries that highlight common threads.

Shared Grammaticalization

Martine Robbeets,Hubert Cuyckens
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Author : Martine Robbeets,Hubert Cuyckens
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027272140

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Shared Grammaticalization by Martine Robbeets,Hubert Cuyckens Pdf

This book offers fresh perspectives on “shared grammaticalization”, a state whereby two or more languages have the source and the target of a grammaticalization process in common. While contact-induced grammaticalization has generated great interest in recent years, far less attention has been paid to other factors that may give rise to shared grammaticalization. This book intends to put this situation right by approaching shared grammaticalization from an integrated perspective, including areal as well as genealogical and universal motivations and by searching for ways to distinguish between these factors. The volume offers a wealth of empirical facts, presented by internationally renowned specialists, on the Transeurasian languages (i.e. Japonic, Koreanic, Tungusic, Mongolic, and Turkic) — the languages in focus —as well as on various other languages. Shared Grammaticalization will appeal to scholars and advanced students concerned with linguistic reconstruction, language contact and linguistic typology, and to anyone interested in grammaticalization theory.

Language Dispersal, Diversification, and Contact

Mily Crevels,Pieter Muysken
Language Dispersal Diversification and Contact Book PDF

Author : Mily Crevels,Pieter Muysken
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780198723813

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Language Dispersal, Diversification, and Contact by Mily Crevels,Pieter Muysken Pdf

This book addresses the complex question of how and why languages have spread across the globe. International experts in the field explore this issue using new analytical research techniques and drawing on large databases, with a focus on the language and population histories of Island Southeast Asia/Oceania, Africa, and South America.

Grammaticalization from a Typological Perspective

Heiko Narrog,Bernd Heine
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Author : Heiko Narrog,Bernd Heine
Publisher : Oxford Studies in Diachronic a
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198795841

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Grammaticalization from a Typological Perspective by Heiko Narrog,Bernd Heine Pdf

This volume explores the way in which grammaticalization processes converge and differ across languages and language areas. Chapters systemically explore these processes languages of Africa, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, and in creole languages, revealing a number of unique pathways as well as shared features.

Advances in Contact Linguistics

Norval Smith,Tonjes Veenstra,Enoch Oladé Aboh
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Author : Norval Smith,Tonjes Veenstra,Enoch Oladé Aboh
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027260734

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Advances in Contact Linguistics by Norval Smith,Tonjes Veenstra,Enoch Oladé Aboh Pdf

Issues in multilingualism and its implications for communities and society at large, language acquisition and use, language diversification, and creative language use associated with new linguistic identities have become hot topics in both scientific and popular debates. A ubiquitous aspect of multilingualism is language contact. This book contains twelve articles that discuss specific aspects of Contact Linguistics. These articles cover a wide range of topics in the field, including creoles, areal linguistics, language mixing, and the sociolinguistic aspects of interactions with audiences. The book is dedicated to Pieter Muysken whose work on pidgin and creole languages, mixed languages, code-switching, bilingualism, and areal linguistics has been ground-breaking and inspirational for the authors in this book, as well as numerous other scholars working on the various facets of this rapidly expanding field.

Language Typology and Language Universals 2.Teilband

Martin Haspelmath,Ekkehard König,Wulf Oesterreicher,Wolfgang Raible
Language Typology and Language Universals 2 Teilband Book PDF

Author : Martin Haspelmath,Ekkehard König,Wulf Oesterreicher,Wolfgang Raible
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 1013 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2008-07-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110194265

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Language Typology and Language Universals 2.Teilband by Martin Haspelmath,Ekkehard König,Wulf Oesterreicher,Wolfgang Raible Pdf

This handbook provides a comprehensive and thorough survey of our current insights into the diversity and unity found across the 6000 languages of this planet. The 125 articles include inter alia chapters on the patterns and limits of variation manifested by analogous structures, constructions and linguistic devices across languages (e.g. word order, tense and aspect, inflection, color terms and syllable structure). Other chapters cover the history, methodology and the theory of typology, as well as the relationship between language typology and other disciplines. The authors of the individual sections and chapters are for the most part internationally known experts on the relevant topics. The vast majority of the articles are written in English, some in French or German. The handbook is not only intended for the expert in the fields of typology and language universals, but for all of those interested in linguistics. It is specifically addressed to all those who specialize in individual languages, providing basic orientation for their analysis and placing each language within the space of what is possible and common in the languages of the world.

Languages of the Amazon

Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Languages of the Amazon Book PDF

Author : Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9780199593569

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Languages of the Amazon by Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald Pdf

This guide and introduction to the extraordinary range of languages in Amazonia includes some of the most fascinating in the world and many of which are now teetering on the edge of extinction.

The Languages of the Amazon

Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
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Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191007996

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The Languages of the Amazon by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald Pdf

This is the first guide and introduction to the extraordinary range of languages in Amazonia, which include some of the most the most fascinating in the world and many of which are now teetering on the edge of extinction. Alexandra Aikhenvald, one of the world's leading experts on the region, provides an account of the more than 300 languages. She sets out their main characteristics, compares their common and unique features, and describes the histories and cultures of the people who speak them. The languages abound in rare features. Most have been in contact with each other for many generations, giving rise to complex patterns of linguistic influence. The author draws on her own extensive field research to tease out and analyse the patterns of their genetic and structural diversity. She shows how these patterns reveal the interrelatedness of language and culture; different kinship systems, for example, have different linguistic correlates. Professor Aikhenvald explains the many unusual features of Amazonian languages, which include evidentials, tones, classifiers, and elaborate positional verbs. She ends the book with a glossary of terms, and a full guide for those readers interested in following up a particular language or linguistic phenomenon. The book is free of esoteric terminology, written in its author's characteristically clear style, and brought vividly to life with numerous accounts of her experience in the region. It may be used as a resource in courses in Latin American studies, Amazonian studies, linguistic typology, and general linguistics, and as reference for linguistic and anthropological research.

The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality

Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd
The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality Book PDF

Author : Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 929 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780198759515

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The Oxford Handbook of Evidentiality by Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd Pdf

The first volume to offer a thorough and systematic account of evidentiality and the expression of information source, Illustrated with extensive data from a range of typologically diverse languages, Introductory chapter offers practical advice for fieldworkers investigating evidentially, Interdisciplinary in nature with insights from typology, semantics, pragmatics, language description, anthropology, cognitive psychology, and psycholinguistics Book jacket.