Language Contact and Grammatical Change

ISBN-13: 9780521845748 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 328 str.

Bernd Heine; Tania Kuteva; Salikoko S. Mufwene

Opis

The phenomenon of language contact, and how it affects the structure of languages, has been of great interest to linguists in recent years. This pioneering new study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact, and offers insight into the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another. The book will be of great interest to all working in grammaticalization, language contact, and language change.

Recenzje

'…[the book will become] a starting point for further investigation of the interplay between grammaticalization and language contact.' Journal of Linguistics

Spis treści

List of maps; List of tables; Series editor's foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The framework; 2. On replicating use patterns; 3. Grammaticalization; 4. Typological change; 5. On linguistic areas; 6. Limits of replication; 7. Conclusions; 8. Notes; References; Index of authors; Index of languages; Index of subjects.