Grammars in Contact: A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R. M. W. Dixon
The present volume examines the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation. It contains an encyclopaedic introduction, which sets out a general theory of contact-induced change, and twelve subsequent chapters, which analyse the effects of language contact on grammatical
systems in a variety of languages belonging to different geographical areas and diverse types.
Book 4 of the Explorations in Linguistic Typology series
- ISBN: 0199207836
- ISBN-13: 9780199207831
- Editors : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and R. M. W. Dixon
- Language : English
- Format: Hardcover
- Publication Date: 3/1/2008
- Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA
- Price ($AUD): $317.95
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