Grammars in Contact: A Cross-Linguistic Typology

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Notes on the Contributors......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 16
1 Why can languages be similar?......Page 22
2 How languages affect each other: the effects of language contact......Page 25
3 Contact-induced change and its mechanisms......Page 36
4 Making diffusion possible......Page 47
5 What can we conclude?......Page 68
6 How this volume is organized......Page 70
References......Page 75
1 Introduction......Page 88
2 Syntactic orientation......Page 89
3 Free and bound pronouns......Page 90
4 Parameters of variation for bound pronouns......Page 92
5 The Wemba-Wemba language (Ta1)......Page 96
6 The Western Desert language......Page 102
7 Discussion......Page 111
References......Page 112
1 Introduction......Page 115
2 Early areal adaptations......Page 116
3 Luwo suffixes......Page 120
4 Grammar and meaning in Labwor......Page 123
5 Cultural change, but no language shift: rebuilding archetypical features in Bor......Page 127
6 Does contact really make grammars more similar?......Page 130
References......Page 133
1 The setting......Page 135
2 The sociolinguistic and historical context of Likpe......Page 138
3 Likpe and Ewe: typological profiles compared......Page 141
4 Constructions borrowed from Ewe......Page 147
5 Areal patterns......Page 158
6 Conclusion......Page 160
References......Page 161
1 Sociolinguistic description of the contact situation......Page 164
2 Borrowing of forms and borrowing of patterns......Page 166
3 Conclusions......Page 180
References......Page 183
6 LANGUAGE CONTACT AND CONVERGENCE IN EAST TIMOR: THE CASE OF TETUN DILI......Page 184
2 Language Contact Situation......Page 185
3 Grammars in Contact......Page 189
References......Page 199
1 Sociohistorical backdrop......Page 200
2 English borrowings into Pennsylvania German......Page 201
3 The English of the Canadian Mennonites......Page 212
4 Discussion: why these patterns of interference?......Page 214
5 Conclusion......Page 218
References......Page 219
1 Introduction......Page 222
2 The Balkans and Balkanization......Page 224
3 The Balkans......Page 225
4 Sociolinguistic factors: religion and prestige......Page 227
5 Balkanisms......Page 228
6 Balkan futurity and referentiality......Page 229
7 Conclusions......Page 237
References......Page 238
1 Historical background......Page 241
2 Areal typology......Page 244
3 South-East Asian areal features in Cantonese......Page 247
4 Discussion and conclusions......Page 253
References......Page 255
1 Language contact and multilingualism in the linguistic area of the Vaupés River Basin......Page 258
2 The Vaupés Basin as a linguistic and cultural area......Page 259
3 Tucanoan and Arawak: a typological comparison......Page 265
4 The East Tucanoan impact on Tariana: an illustration......Page 266
5 Grammatical relations in Tariana, in the light of the Vaupés languages......Page 268
6 Theoretical implications of the Vaupés language situation—what can we conclude?......Page 280
References......Page 284
1 Introduction......Page 288
2 The role of the Hupd’(omitted) h in the Vaupés......Page 289
3 Phonology......Page 293
4 Morphosyntax......Page 294
5 Lexicon and discourse......Page 306
6 Conclusion......Page 307
References......Page 308
12 THE QUECHUA IMPACT IN AMUESHA, AN ARAWAK LANGUAGE OF THE PERUVIAN AMAZON......Page 311
1 Geographical and historical setting......Page 312
2 Linguistic affiliation of Amuesha......Page 313
3 Quechua as a source language......Page 314
4 The Quechua I layer in Amuesha......Page 315
6 Impact and nature of Quechua loans in Amuesha......Page 317
7 Phonological considerations......Page 318
8 Structural diffusion......Page 321
9 Final considerations......Page 329
References......Page 331
1 Introduction......Page 334
2 The Mawayana, past and present......Page 335
3 Linguistic profile of Mawayana......Page 340
4 Contact-induced change in Mawayana......Page 341
5 Conclusions......Page 351
References......Page 353
Glossary of Terms......Page 354
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