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Linguistic areas : convergence in historical and typological perspective / edited by Yaron Matras, April McMahon, and Nigel Vincent.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Areal linguistics.
- Historical linguistics.
- Typology (Linguistics).
- Languages in contact.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Summary:
- 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 cases studies are introduced which extend the corpus of areas described so far. They are accompanied by discussions that revisit some of the more well-established linguistic areas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1403996571
- OCLC:
- 62326897
- Publisher Number:
- 9781403996572 (cloth)
- Online:
- Publisher description
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