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Title Grammatical replication and borrowability in language contact / edited by Björn Wiemer, Bernhard Wälchli, Björn Hansen.

Publication Info. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 670 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 242
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 242. 1861-4302
Note Special collection of presentations on a workshop focused on Grammatical replication and borrowability selected from the 2005 annual meeting of the Societas Linguisticae Europaea.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary 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.
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization -- Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Grammaticalization.
Languages in contact -- Congresses.
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change -- Congresses.
Linguistic change.
Linguistics -- Congresses.
Linguistics -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Wiemer, Björn, 1966-
Wälchli, Bernhard.
Hansen, Björn, 1964-
Other Form: Print version: 9783110270099 3110270099 (DLC) 2012450560 (OCoLC)798053956
ISBN 3110270099
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