Congruence in Contact-Induced Language Change
Language Families, Typological Resemblance, and Perceived Similarity
Juliane Besters-Dilger editor Stefan Pfänder editor Cynthia Dermarkar editor Achim Rabus editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:De Gruyter
Published:20th Jan '14
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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.
ISBN: 9783110338348
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 738g
418 pages