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 insight into the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another. The book will be of great interest to all working in grammaticalization, language contact, and language change.
Book Details
Format
Kindle
Pages
328 pages
Language
English
Published
May 12, 2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Editions
3 editions
ISBN-10
0511079354
ISBN-13
9780511079351