Grammatical Replication and Borrowability in Language Contact

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-027009-9
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 242, 670 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 1155 g

Reihe: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

The volume presents new insights into two basic theoretical issues hotly debated in recent work on grammaticalization and language contact: grammatical replication and grammatical borrowability. The key issues are: How can grammatical replication be distinguished from other, superficially similar processes of contact-induced linguistic change, and under what conditions does it take place? Are there grammatical morphemes or constructions that are more easily borrowed than others, and how can language contact account for areal biases in the borrowing (vs. calquing) of grammatical formatives? The book is a major contribution to the ongoing theoretical discussion concerning the relationship between grammaticalization and language contact on a broad empirical basis.

Zielgruppe

Specialists in Grammaticalization Theory, Language Contact, Areal Typology and Historical Linguistics and all Linguists having both Empirical and Theoretical Interests

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wiemer, Björn

Hansen, Björn

Wälchli, Bernhard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachkontaktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Björn Wiemer, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany; Bernhard Wälchli, Stockholm University, Sweden; and Björn Hansen, University of Regensburg, Germany.