The Balkan Linguistic Area - Mapping Variation and Contact

The book provides a comprehensive empirical examination of linguistic convergence in the Balkans. By mapping over 100 linguistic and sociolinguistic features across 60 languages and dialects, the contributions rigorously test the concept of a linguistic area. Each feature is visually represented with maps and analyzed in summaries co-authored by an international team of experts. Conceptualized as a companion to the Atlas of the Balkan Linguistic Area Online (ABLA), the book is an essential resource for scholars of language contact and typology.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Evangelia Adamou, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Paris; Andrey N. Sobolev, Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Zusammenfassung

The book provides a comprehensive empirical examination of linguistic convergence in the Balkans. By mapping over 100 linguistic and sociolinguistic features across 60 languages and dialects, the contributions rigorously test the concept of a linguistic area. Each feature is visually represented with maps and analyzed in summaries co-authored by an international team of experts. Conceptualized as a companion to the Atlas of the Balkan Linguistic Area Online (ABLA), the book is an essential resource for scholars of language contact and typology.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Evangelia Adamou (Herausgeber), N Sobolev (Herausgeber), Andrey N. Sobolev (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 29.01.2026
• EAN: 9783111389769
• ISBN: 978-3-11-138976-9
• Seiten: 606
• Abmessung: 155 mm x 45 mm x 230 mm
• Gewicht: 992 g
• Illustration: 104 b/w and 105 col. ill., 34 b/w tbl.
• Serie: Language Contact and Bilingualism [LCB]
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Balkan, Zweisprachigkeit und Mehrsprachigkeit, Sprachatlas, Linguistics, Balkans, Slavische Sprachen, Sprachkontakt, Sprachraum, language contact, FOR000000 FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / General, FOR024000 FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Slavic Languages (Other), Linguistic Atlas, Linguistic Areas