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| Other authors / contributors: | Braunmüller, Kurt, 1948- editor.
Höder, Steffen, editor.
Kühl, Karoline H., editor.
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| ISBN: | 9789027269553
9027269556
9789027234964
9027234965
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | Comparing the evolution of differential object marking (DOM) in Spanishand Portuguese between the 16th and the 20th c. we discover great differencesbetween the two neighbor languages. Whereas in Spanish we notice a steadyincrease and high degree of grammaticalization of DOM, the graph for thedegree of grammaticalization of DOM in Portuguese resembles a standardizednormal Gaussian distribution with its peak in the 17th c. The increase of objectmarking until the 17th c. is in consequence of convergence towards Spanish dueto the high prestige of the latter language. From the 18th c. onwards diver.
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| Other form: | Print version: Stability and divergence in language contact 9789027234964
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