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| Other authors / contributors: | Aĭkhenvalʹd, A. I︠U︡. (Aleksandra I︠U︡rʹevna)
Dixon, Robert M. W., 1939-
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| ISBN: | 9780191523014
0191523011
9780191515750
0191515752
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| Notes: | Published in association with the series Explorations in linguistic typology.
"First published 2001, first published in paperback 2006"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble each other. Its distinguished authors investigate the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and reveal the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another. The chapters cover Ancient Anatolia, Modern Anatolia, Australia, Amazonia, Oceania, Southeast and East Asia, and Sub-Saharan. Africa. - ;Two languages can resemble each other in the categories, constructions, and types of meaning they use; and in the fo.
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| Other form: | Print version: Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance. Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0199283087 9780199283088
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