Linguistic borrowing in bilingual contexts /

Linguistic borrowing in bilingual contexts /

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Author / Creator:Field, Fredric W.
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, [2002]
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 252 pages)
Language:English
Nahuatl
Spanish
Series:Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 62
Studies in language companion series ; v. 62.
Subject:
Language and languages -- Foreign elements.
Languages in contact.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphology.
Semantics.
Semantics.
Languages in contact.
Language and languages -- Foreign elements.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Morphology.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129669
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ISBN:9789027296115
9027296111
9781588112859
1588112853
1282160893
9781282160897
9786612160899
6612160896
1588112853
9789027230652
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and indexes.
Includes examples in Nahuatl and Spanish, with additional Nahuatl text in the appendix.
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Summary:A number of previous approaches to linguistic borrowing and contact phenomena in general have concluded that there are no formal boundaries whatsoever to the kinds of material that can pass from one language into another. At the same time, various hierarchies illustrate that some things are indeed more likely to be borrowed than others. Linguistic Borrowing in Bilingual Contexts addresses both, by examining claims of no absolute limits and synthesizing various hierarchies. It observes that all contact phenomena are systematic, and borrowing is no exception. Regarding forms, the determining fa.
Other form:Print version: Field, Fredric W. Linguistic borrowing in bilingual contexts. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2002

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