ISBN:
9780191035753
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 360 Seiten)
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Diagramme, Karten
Edition:
First edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Patterns of Diversification and Contact: A Global Perspective (Veranstaltung : 2012 : Amsterdam) Language dispersal, diversification, and contact
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Konferenzschrift 12.2012
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Sprachverbreitung
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Sprachkontakt
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Sprachvariante
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
Cover -- Language Dispersal, Diversification, and Contact: A Global Perspective -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- List of maps, figures, and tables -- Maps -- Figures -- Tables -- List of contributors -- Part I: General Approaches -- Chapter 1: Patterns of diversification and contact: Re-examining dispersal hypotheses -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.1.1 Three types of diversity and their time depth -- 1.1.2 The distribution of languages over the continents -- 1.2 Models of dispersal and the role of geography -- 1.2.1 Johanna Nichols -- 1.2.2 R.M.W. Dixon -- 1.2.3 Daniel Nettle -- 1.2.4 The Farming/Language Dispersal Hypothesis -- 1.3 Language families -- 1.4 Language isolates -- 1.5 Linguistic areas -- 1.6 Mechanisms and processes of diversification, dispersal, and contact -- 1.6.1 Preliminaries and methodological issues -- 1.6.2 Population structure -- 1.6.3 Demographic spread versus language shift -- 1.6.4 Diversification -- 1.6.5 Language contact processes -- 1.7 Social and cultural factors: The role of language ideology and communication patterns -- 1.8 The present volume -- Chapter 2: Dispersal patterns shape areal typology -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Types of areas -- 2.2.1 Closed spread zone: Africa -- 2.2.2 Crossroads: Southeast Asia -- 2.2.3 Accumulation zones -- 2.3 Behavior of typological variables in contact -- 2.4 Conclusions -- Chapter 3: Sociolinguistic typology and the uniformitarian hypothesis -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Linguistic features due to arbitrary human invention -- 3.3 Linguistic features due to non-anonymity -- 3.4 Linguistics features due to non-optimality -- 3.5 Linguistic features due to dense social networks -- 3.6 Linguistic features due to communally shared information -- 3.7 Linguistic features due to long-term maturation -- 3.8 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments.
