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Grammars in contact : a cross-linguistic typology / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Explorations in linguistic typology ; v. 4.
- Oxford linguistics
- Explorations in linguistic typology ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Languages in contact.
- Areal linguistics.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Summary:
- The present volume examines the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation. It contains an encyclopaedic introduction, which sets out a general theory of contact-induced change, and twelve subsequent chapters, which analyse the effects of language contact on grammatical systems in a variety of languages belonging to different geographical areas and diverse types.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0199207836
- 9780199207831
- OCLC:
- 71006697
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