Language Contact and Grammatical Change

Name: Language Contact and Grammatical Change
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ISBN: 9780521845748

ISBN-10: 0521845742

ISBN-13: 9780521845748

Edition: 2005

Authors: Bernd Heine, Tania Kuteva, Salikoko S. Mufwene, Robert Chaudenson, Braj Kachru

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The phenomenon of language contact, and how it affects the structure of languages, 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 offers insight into the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another. The book will be of great interest to all working in grammaticalization, language contact, and language change.

Book details

List price: $93.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/27/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 328
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Tania Kuteva is Professor of English Linguistics at the Institute for English and American Studies, University of Dï¿½sseldorf.



List of maps


List of tables


Series editor's foreword


Preface


List of abbreviations



The framework



On replicating use patterns



Grammaticalization



Typological change



On linguistic areas



Limits of replication



Conclusions



Notes


References


Index of authors


Index of languages


Index of subjects