Language contact and grammatical change
Our rough guess is there are 77,000 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 5 hours and 8 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 10 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
We earn a commission on purchases
Author
Contributions
- Kuteva, Tania, 1958- - Contributor
Publication
2005 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
77,000 words, Guess
Page Count
308 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3308112M
- ISBN-100521845742
- OCLC Control Number56068959
- OCLC Control Numberlanguagecontactg00hein_244
- Library of Congress Control Number2004054601
and 2 more
- Goodreads76028
- LibraryThing657080
Classifications
- DDC306.44/6
- LCCP130.5 .H45 2005
Description
The phenomenon of language contact, and how it affects the structure of languages, has been of great interest to linguists in recent years. This pioneering new study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact, and offers an interesting new insight into the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another. Drawing on findings from languages all over the world, Language Contact and Grammatical Change shows that the transfer of linguistic material across languages is quite regular and follows universal patterns of grammaticalization - contrary to previous claims that it is a fairly irregular process - and argues that internal and external explanations of language structure and change are in no way mutually exclusive. Engaging and informative, this book will be of great interest to sociolinguists, linguistic anthropologists, and all those working on grammaticalization, language contact, and language change.
Description
"The phenomenon of language contact, and how it affects the structure of languages, has been of great interest to linguists in recent years. This new study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact, and offers new insight into the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another. Drawing on findings from languages all over the world, Language Contact and Grammatical Change shows that the transfer of linguistic material across languages is quite regular and follows universal patterns of grammaticalization. Engaging and informative, this book will be of great interest to sociolinguists, linguistic anthropologists, and all those working on grammaticalization, language contact, and language change."--Jacket.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Cambridge approaches to language contact
Other Editions
- Language contact and grammatical change
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!