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Language Contact and Grammatical Change

By Bernd Heine

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Language Contact and Grammatical Change

By Bernd Heine

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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 an interesting new insight into the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another. Drawing on findings from languages all over the world, Language Contact and Grammatical Change shows that the transfer of linguistic material across languages is quite regular and follows universal patterns of grammaticalization - contrary to previous claims that it is a fairly irregular process - and argues that internal and external explanations of language structure and change are in no way mutually exclusive. Engaging and informative, this book will be of great interest to sociolinguists, linguistic anthropologists, and all those working on grammaticalization, language contact, and language change.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
328
Release Date:
2010-09-08
Publication Date:
2010-08-03
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
05216082870312625057
ISBN13:
9780521608282
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
534 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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