Title: Grammars in Contact
Subtitle: A Cross-Linguistic Typology
Series Title: Explorations in Linguistic Typology
Published: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Author: Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Author: R. M. W. Dixon
Hardback: ISBN: 0199207836 Pages: 376 Price: U.K. £ 60.00
Abstract:
The present volume examines the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation. It contains an encyclopaedic introduction, which sets out a general theory of contact-induced change, and twelve subsequent chapters, which analyse the effects of language contact on grammatical systems in a variety of languages belonging to different geographical areas and diverse types.