UID:
almafu_9960117736802883
Format:
1 online resource (xxvi, 1005 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781316839034
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1316839036
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9781316840016
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1316840018
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9781107279872
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1107279879
Series Statement:
Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
Content:
Providing a contemporary and comprehensive look at the topical area of areal linguistics, this book looks systematically at different regions of the world whilst presenting a focussed and informed overview of the theory behind research into areal linguistics and language contact. The topicality of areal linguistics is thoroughly documented by a wealth of case studies from all major regions of the world and, with chapters from scholars with a broad spectrum of language expertise, it offers insights into the mechanisms of external language change. With no book currently like this on the market, The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics will be welcomed by students and scholars working on the history of language families, documentation and classification, and will help readers to understand the key area of areal linguistics within a broader linguistic context.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 May 2017).
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Cover -- Half-title page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Areas, Areal Features and Areality -- Part I Issues in Areal Linguistics -- 2 Why is it so Hard to Define a Linguistic Area? -- 3 Areas and Universals -- 4 Reassessing Sprachbunds: A View from the Balkans -- 5 Areal Sound Patterns: From Perceptual Magnets to Stone Soup -- 6 Convergence and Divergence in the Phonology of the Languages of Europe -- 7 Word Prominence and Areal Linguistics -- 8 Semantic Patterns from an Areal Perspective -- Part II Case Studies for Areal Linguistics -- 9 The Germanic Languages and Areal Linguistics -- 10 Britain and Ireland1 -- 11 Varieties of English -- 12 Slavic Languages -- 13 The Caucasus -- 14 Western Asia: East Anatolia as a Transition Zone -- 15 An Areal View of Africa -- 16 Areal Contact in Nilo-Saharan -- 17 Niger-Congo Languages -- 18 The Kalahari Basin Area as a 'Sprachbund' before the Bantu Expansion -- 19 South Africa and Areal Linguistics -- 20 Jharkhand as a 'Linguistic Area': Language Contact Between Indo-Aryan and Munda in Eastern-Central South Asia -- 21 Sri Lanka and South India -- 22 The Transeurasian Languages -- 23 The Changing Profile of Case Marking in the Northeastern Siberia Area -- 24 Languages of China in their East and Southeast Asian Context -- 25 Language in the Mainland Southeast Asia Area -- 26 Southeast Asian Tone in Areal Perspective -- 27 The Areal Linguistics of Australia -- 28 Languages of the New Guinea Region -- 29 Languages of Eastern Melanesia -- 30 The Western Micronesian Sprachbund -- 31 Native North American Languages -- 32 The Areal Linguistics of Amazonia -- 33 Linguistic Areas, Linguistic Convergence and River Systems in South America -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107051614
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1107051614
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107690035
Additional Edition:
ISBN 110769003X
Language:
English
