| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 1005 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics |
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Cambridge handbooks in language and linguistics.
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| Contents |
Areas, areal features and areality / Raymond Hickey -- Why is it so hard to define a linguistic area? / Lyle Campbell -- Areas and universals / Balthasar Bickel -- Reassessing Sprachbunds: a view from the Balkans / Brian D. Joseph -- Areal sound patterns: from perceptual magnets to stone soup / Juliette Blevins -- Convergence and divergence in the phonology of the languages of Europe / Nataliya Levkovych -- Word prominence and areal linguistics / Keren Rice -- Semantic patterns from an areal perspective / Henrik Liljegren -- The Germanic languages and areal linguistics / Daniel Van Olmen -- Britain and Ireland / Raymond Hickey -- Varieties of English / Verena Schroter -- Slavic languages / Alan Timberlake -- The Caucasus / Sven Grawunder -- Western Asia: East Anatolia as a transition zone / Geoffrey Haig -- An areal view of Africa / Anne-Maria Fehn -- Areal contact in Nilo-Saharan / Gerrit J. Dimmendaal -- Niger-Congo languages / Jeff Good -- The Kalahari basin area as a 'Sprachbund' before the Bantu expansion / Anne-Maria Fehn -- South Africa and areal linguistics / Rajend Mesthrie -- Jharkhand as a 'linguistic area': language contact between Indo-Aryan and Munda in eastern-central South Asia / John Peterson -- Sri Lanka and South India / Umberto Ansaldo -- The Transeurasian languages / Martine Robbeets -- The changing profile of case marking in the northeastern Siberia area / Gregory D.S. Anderson -- Languages of China in their east and southeast Asian context / Hilary Chappell -- Language in the mainland southeast Asia area / N.J. Enfield -- Southeast Asian tone in areal perspective / Marc Brunelle -- The areal linguistics of Australia / Alan Dench -- Languages of the New Guinea region / Malcolm Ross -- Languages of eastern Melanesia / Paul Geraghty -- The western Micronesian Sprachbund / Anthony P. Grant -- Native North American languages / Marianne Mithun -- The areal linguistics of Amazonia / Lev Michael -- Linguistic areas, linguistic convergence and river systems in South America / Pieter Muysken |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Areal linguistics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Linguistic geography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Areal linguistics
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Linguistic geography
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hickey, Raymond, 1954- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781107279872 |
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1107279879 |
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9781107690035 |
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110769003X |
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