Grammatical Replication and Borrowability in Language Contact

Björn Hansen editor Bernhard Wälchli editor Björn Wiemer editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:De Gruyter

Published:14th Jun '12

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Grammatical Replication and Borrowability in Language Contact cover

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.

ISBN: 9783110270099

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1135g

684 pages