Language Contact and Grammatical Change

Informationen zum Autor Bernd Heine is Professor of African Studies in the Institute for African Studies, University of Cologne. Tania Kuteva is Professor of English Linguistics at the Institute for English and American Studies, University of Düsseldorf. Klappentext Offers an interesting insight into how language contact affects grammatical forms and structures. Zusammenfassung The phenomenon of language contact has been of great interest to linguists. This study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact! and the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of maps; List of tables; Series editor's foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The framework; 2. On replicating use patterns; 3. Grammaticalization; 4. Typological change; 5. On linguistic areas; 6. Limits of replication; 7. Conclusions; 8. Notes; References; Index of authors; Index of languages; Index of subjects.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Heine Bernd, Bernd Heine, Bernd (Universitat Zu Koeln) Kuteva Heine, Bernd Kuteva Heine, Tania Kuteva, Kuteva Tania
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 27.01.2005
• EAN: 9780521845748
• ISBN: 978-0-521-84574-8
• Pages: 328
• Thèmes: Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact; Cambridge Approaches to Langua; Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Sociolinguistics, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology