| Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in Comparative Linguistics Revised Edition Contributor(s): Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (Editor), Dixon, R. M. W. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0199283087 ISBN-13: 9780199283088 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $83.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2006 Annotation: This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble one another. Its editors and authors aim to explain and identify the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and to discover the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 410 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.44 lbs) 470 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble one another. Its editors and authors aim to explain and identify the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and to discover the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another. |