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Language contacts in prehistory : studies in stratigraphy / edited by Henning Andersen.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Corporate Author.
- Conference Name:
- International Conference on Historical Linguistics (15th : 2001 : Melbourne, Australia)
- International Conference on Historical Linguistics (15th : 2001 : Melbourne, Vic.)
- Series:
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Current issues in linguistic theory ; Series IV, v. 239.
- Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 239
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historical linguistics--Congresses.
- Historical linguistics.
- Languages in contact--Congresses.
- Languages in contact.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., c2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Every language includes layers of lexical and grammatical elements that entered it at different times in the more or less distant past. Hence, for periods preceding our earliest historical documentation, linguistic stratigraphy - the systematic study of such layers - may yield information about the prehistory of a given tradition of speaking in a variety of ways. For instance, irregular phonological reflexes may be evidence of the convergence of diverse dialects in the formation of a language, and layers of material from different source languages may form a record of changing cultural co
- Contents:
- LANGUAGE CONTACTS IN PREHISTORY; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; PREFACE; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; STRATUM AND SHADOWA GENEALOGY OF STRATIGRAPHY THEORIES FROM THE INDO-EUROPEAN WEST; SLAVIC AND THE INDO-EUROPEAN MIGRATIONS; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERFECT IN INDO-EUROPEANSTRATIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF PREHISTORIC AREAL INFLUENCE; STRATIGRAPHY IN AFRICAN HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS; STRATIGRAPHY AND PREHISTORY: BANTU ZONE F; LANGUAGE CONTACTS IN NILO-SAHARAN PREHISTORY; EVIDENCEFOR AUSTROASIATIC STRATA IN THAI
- MILLERS AND MULLERSTHE ARCHAEO-LINGUISTIC STRATIGRAPHY OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE IN HOLOCENE AUSTRALIALOANWORD STRATA IN ROTUMAN; SUBSTRATUM AND ADSTRATUM IN PREHISTORIC JAPANESE; UTO-AZTECAN IN THE LINGUISTIC STRATIGRAPHY OF MESOAMERICAN PREHISTORY; LANGUAGE INDEX
- Notes:
- "Papers from the workshop on linguistic stratigraphy and prehistory of the Fifteenth International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Melbourne, 17 August 2001."--Pref.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613312112
- 9781283312110
- 1283312115
- 9789027275301
- 9027275300
- OCLC:
- 759101586
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