Grammatical Replication and Borrowability in Language Contact

Wiiemer, Bjorn (EDT); Walchli, Bernhard (EDT); Hansen, Bjorn (EDT)

ISBN 10: 3110270099 / ISBN 13: 9783110270099

Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton, 2012

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 18584447-n

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

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

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Grammatical Replication and Borrowability in...
Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton
Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: New