Wiemer / Wälchli / Hansen Grammatical Replication and Borrowability in Language Contact

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-027197-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 242, 684 Seiten

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

Wälchli, Bernhard

Hansen, Björn

Fachgebiete

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

Über Autor(innen)

Wiemer, Björn
Björn Wiemer, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany.

Hansen, Björn
Björn Hansen, University of Regensburg, Germany.

Wälchli, Bernhard
Bernhard Wälchli, University of Bern, Switzerland.

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