Date: 24-May-2006 From: Palgrave Macmillan <palgravemacmillanpalgrave.com> Subject: Linguistic Areas: Matras, McMahon, Vincent (Eds)
Title: Linguistic Areas
Subtitle: Convergence in Historical and Typological Perspective
Published: 2006
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Editor: Yaron Matras, University of Manchester
Editor: April McMahon, University of Edinburgh
Editor: Nigel Vincent, University of Manchester
Hardback: ISBN: 1403996571 Pages: 336 Price: Canada $ 55
Abstract:
The contributors to this collection address issues of definition and theory of linguistic areas, analyze the process of convergence, and introduce methods to assess the impact of language contact across geographical zones. New case studies are introduced which extend the corpus of areas described so far. They are accompanied by discussions that revisit some of the more well-established linguistic areas.
Linguistic Field(s):
Discipline of Linguistics
Sociolinguistics