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Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance : problems in comparative linguistics / edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R.M.W. Dixon.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford linguistics.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford linguistics
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Areal linguistics.
- Language spread.
- Linguistic change.
- Comparative linguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (470 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble one another. The book investigates the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages.
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE HISTORICAL DETERMINANTS OF PUNCTUATION IN LANGUAGE-FAMILY ORIGINS; 3 AN INDO-EUROPEAN LINGUISTIC AREA AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS: ANCIENT ANATOLIA. AREAL DIFFUSION AS A CHALLENGE TO THE COMPARATIVE METHOD?; 4 THE AUSTRALIAN LINGUISTIC AREA; 5 DESCENT AND DIFFUSION: THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PILBARA SITUATION; 6 CONTACT-INDUCED CHANGE IN OCEANIC LANGUAGES IN NORTH-WEST MELANESIA; 7 AREAL DIFFUSION, GENETIC INHERITANCE, AND PROBLEMS OF SUBGROUPING: A NORTH ARAWAK CASE STUDY
- 8 LINGUISTIC DIFFUSION IN PRESENT-DAY EAST ANATOLIA: FROM TOP TO BOTTOM9 THE ROLE OF MIGRATION AND LANGUAGE CONTACT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SINO-TIBETAN LANGUAGE FAMILY; 10 ON GENETIC AND AREAL LINGUISTICS IN MAINLAND SOUTH-EAST ASIA: PARALLEL POLYFUNCTIONALITY OF 'ACQUIRE'; 11 GENETIC VERSUS CONTACT RELATIONSHIP: PROSODIC DIFFUSIBILITY IN SOUTH-EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES; 12 LANGUAGE CONTACT AND AREAL DIFFUSION IN SINITIC LANGUAGES; 13 AREAL DIFFUSION VERSUS GENETIC INHERITANCE: AN AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE; 14 CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICAN LANGUAGES
- 15 WHAT LANGUAGE FEATURES CAN BE 'BORROWED'?Index of authors; Index of languages and language families; Subject index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2001.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 9781383019650
- 1383019657
- 9781280869976
- 1280869976
- 9780191523014
- 0191523011
- 9780191515750
- 0191515752
- OCLC:
- 315953515
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