Grammatical replication and borrowability in language contact / edited by Björn Wiemer, Bernhard Wälchli, Björn Hansen.

Format:

Book

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 1861-4302 242.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 242

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--Congresses.

Linguistics.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 670 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.

Summary:

Presented by Wiemer (Institut für Slavistik, Germany), Wälchli (Institutionen för Lingvistik, Sweden), and Hansen (Institut für Slavistik), 15 articles examine two key theoretical issues that have been of recent interest in research on grammaticalization and language contact. The first issue concerns how grammatical replication can be distinguished from other processes of contact-induced linguistic change and the conditions under which it takes place. The second addresses whether there are grammatical morphemes or constructions that are more easily borrowed than others and how language contact can account for areal biases in the borrowing of grammatical formatives. Generally focused on the Slavic language family, the chapters are arranged in thematic groups based on the structural or functional domains of noun phrase-related, verb phrase-related, connection of nuclei, and cores. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783110270099

3110270099

OCLC:

798053956