Grammars in contact : a cross-linguistic typology /
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| Imprint: | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. |
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| Description: | xx, 355 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | [Oxford linguistics] Explorations in linguistic typology ; 4 Explorations in linguistic typology ; v. 4. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6248084 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Grammars in contact : a cross-linguistic perspective / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
- 2. Grammatical diffusion in Australia : free and bound pronouns / R. M. W. Dixon
- 3. How long do linguistic areas last? : western Nilotic grammars in contact / Anne Storch
- 4. Grammars in contact in the Volta Basin (West Africa) : On contact-induced grammatical change in Likpe / Felix K. Ameka
- 5. Basque in contact with Romance languages / Gerd Jendraschek
- 6. Language contact and convergence in East Timor : the case of Tetun Dili / John Hajek
- 7. Language contact and convergence in Pennsylvania German / Kate Burridge
- 8. Balkanizing the Balkan Sprachbund : a closer look at grammatical permeability and feature distribution / Victor A. Friedman
- 9. Cantonese grammar in areal perspective / Stephen Matthews
- 10. Semantics and pragmatics of grammatical relations in the Vaupes linguistic area / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
- 11. The Vaupes melting pot : Tucanoan influence on hup / Patience Epps
- 12. The Quechua impact in Amuesha, an Arawak language of the Peruvian Amazon / Willem F. H. Adelaar
- 13. Feeling the need : the borrowing of Cariban functional categories into Mawayana (Arawak) / Eithne B. Carlin.
