Grammatical Replication and Borrowability in Language Contact

Björn Wiemer

ISBN 10: 3110270099 / ISBN 13: 9783110270099

Editore: De Gruyter Mouton, 2012

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.

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• Titolo: Grammatical Replication and Borrowability in Language Contact
• Editore: De Gruyter Mouton
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3110270099
• ISBN 13: 9783110270099
• Rilegatura: Buch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 236 L x 160 A x 42 P (millimetri) 236 millimetri di larghezza per 160 millimetri di altezza per 42 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 1155 grammi

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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.

Informazioni sull?autore

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