Congruence in Contact-Induced Language Change

Congruence in Contact-Induced Language Change
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 420
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ISBN-10 : 9783110338454
ISBN-13 : 3110338459
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Book Synopsis Congruence in Contact-Induced Language Change by : Juliane Besters-Dilger

Download or read book Congruence in Contact-Induced Language Change written by Juliane Besters-Dilger and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modern contact linguistics has primarily focused on contact between languages that are genetically unrelated and structurally distant. This compendium of articles looks instead at the effects of pre–existing structural congruency between the affected languages at the time of their initial contact, using the Romance and Slavic languages as examples. In contact of this kind, both genetic and typological similarities play a part.


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