ISBN:
0511080875
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0511614136
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9780511080876
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9780511614132
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 308 pages)
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maps
Series Statement:
Cambridge approaches to language contact
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Heine, Bernd, 1939- Language contact and grammatical change
DDC:
306.44/6
Keywords:
Languages in contact
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Linguistic change
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Grammar, Comparative and general Grammaticalization
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Areal linguistics
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics
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Areal linguistics
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Grammar, Comparative and general ; Grammaticalization
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Languages in contact
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Linguistic change
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Sprachtypologie
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Sprachkontakt
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Sprachwandel
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Taalcontact
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Grammaticalisering
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Taalverandering
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Langues en contact
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Géographie linguistique
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Grammaticalisation
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Typologie (Linguistique)
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Variation de langage
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Abstract:
The phenomenon of language contact has been of great interest to linguists in recent years. This pioneering new study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact, and the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another
Abstract:
The framework -- On replicating use patterns -- Grammaticalization -- Typological change -- On linguistic areas -- Limits of replication.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and indexes
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511614132
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