Grammars in Contact A Cross-Linguistic Typology [Paperback]

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 analyze the effects of language contact on grammatical systems in a variety of languages belonging to different geographical areas and diverse types.

1. Grammars in Contact: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
2. Grammatical Diffusion in Australia: Free and Bound Pronouns,R. M. W. Dixon
3. How Long do Linguistic Areas Last?: Western Nilotic Grammars in Contact,Anne Storch
4. Grammars in Contact in the Volta Basin (West Africa): On COntact Induced Grammatical Change in Likpe,Felix K. Ameka
5. Basque in Contact with Romance Languages,Gerd Jendraschek
6. Language Contact and Convergence in East Timor: The Case of Tetun Dili,John Hajek
7. Language Contact and Convergence in Pennsylvania German,Kate Burridge
8. Balkanizing the Balkan Sprachbund: A Closer Look at Grammatical Permeability and Feature Distribution,Victor A. Friedman
9. Cantonese Grammar in Areal Perspective,Stephen Matthews
10. Semantics and Pragmatics of Grammatical Relations in the Vaup?s Linguistic Area,Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
11. The Vaup?s Melting Pot: Tucanoan Influence on Hup,Patience Epps
12. The Quechua Impact in Amuesha, an Arawak Language of the Peruvian Amazon,Willem F. H. Adelaar
13. Feeling the Need: The Borrowing of Cariban Functional Categories into Mawayana (Arawak),Eithne B. Carlin
Glossary of Terms
Author Index
Index of Languages, Language Families, and Linguistic Areas
Subject Index

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