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Language Contact and Change in the Americas: Studies in Honor of Marianne Mithun - Couverture rigide

Berez-Kroeker, Andrea-L; Hintz, Diane-M; Jany, Carmen

 
9789027259387: Language Contact and Change in the Americas: Studies in Honor of Marianne Mithun
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 9027259380 ISBN 13 : 9789027259387
Editeur : John Benjamins Publishing Co, 2016

Synopsis

This unique collection of articles in honor of Marianne Mithun represents the very latest in research on language contact and language change in the Indigenous languages of the Americas. The book aims to provide new theoretical and empirical insights into how and why languages change, especially with regard to contact phenomena in languages of North America, Meso-America and South America. The individual chapters cover a broad range of topics, including sound change, morphosyntactic change, lexical semantics, grammaticalization, language endangerment, and discourse-pragmatic change. With chapters from distinguished scholars and talented newcomers alike, this book will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in internally- and externally-motivated language change.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This unique collection of articles in honor of Marianne Mithun represents the very latest in research on language contact and language change in the Indigenous languages of the Americas. The book aims to provide new theoretical and empirical insights into how and why languages change, especially with regard to contact phenomena in languages of North America, Meso-America and South America. The individual chapters cover a broad range of topics, including sound change, morphosyntactic change, lexical semantics, grammaticalization, language endangerment, and discourse-pragmatic change. With chapters from distinguished scholars and talented newcomers alike, this book will be welcomed by anyone with an interest in internally- and externally-motivated language change.

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Éditeur
John Benjamins Publishing Co
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9027259380
ISBN 13 
9789027259387
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
424
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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