Language contact and grammatical change /

Language contact and grammatical change /

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Author / Creator:Heine, Bernd, 1939-
Imprint:Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Description:1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages) : maps
Language:English
Series:Cambridge approaches to language contact
Cambridge approaches to language contact.
Subject:
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization.
Typology (Linguistics)
Areal linguistics.
Areal linguistics.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization.
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Typology (Linguistics)
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11811795
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Other authors / contributors:Kuteva, Tania, 1958-
ISBN:0511080875
9780511080876
9780511614132
0511614136
9786610422210
6610422214
0521845742
0511080115
9780511080111
0521608287
9780521845748
9780521608282
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and indexes.
Print version record.
Summary:The phenomenon of language contact 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 the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another.
Other form:Print version: Heine, Bernd, 1939- Language contact and grammatical change. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521845742 0521608287

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