| Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion: Case Studies from Iranian, Semitic and Turkic Contributor(s): Csató, Éva Ágnes (Editor), Isaksson, Bo (Editor), Jahani, Carina (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138979872 ISBN-13: 9781138979871 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - History | Asia - Central Asia |
| Dewey: 409.56 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.19 lbs) 388 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The authors are outstanding scholars engaged in the study of language varieties spoken in 'convergence areas' in which speakers are multilingual in languages of at least two but sometimes all three language families. Many of the contributions present new data collected in fieldwork. The geographic area covered is Western and Central Asia where varieties of Iranian, Semitic and Turkic languages have entered into many different types of contact. The intricate linguistic contact situations demonstrate highly interesting convergence phenomena. |
