Aspects of language contact new theoretical, methodological and empirical findings with special focus on romancisation processes

This edited volume brings together fourteen original contributions to the on-going debate about what is possible in contact-induced language change. The authors present a number of new vistas on language contact which represent new developments in the field. In the first part of the volume, the focu...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Stolz, Thomas (-), Bakker, Dik, Salas Palomo, Rosa
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter c2008.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Empirical approaches to language typology ; 35.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3153806x*spi
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  • Frontmatter; Contents; Romancisation worldwide; Loanword typology: Steps toward a systematic cross-linguistic study of lexical borrowability; Modelling contact-induced change in grammar; Loan verbs in a typological perspective; Why we need dynamic models for sociolinguistics and language contact studies; Constructivist theory of language contact and the Romancisation of indigenous languages; Spanish meets Guaraní, Otomí and Quichua: A multilingual confrontation; French influence on the native languages of Canada and adjacent USA; Portuguese influence on Kulina.