| Contemporary Approaches to Baltic Linguistics Contributor(s): Arkadiev, Peter (Editor), Holvoet, Axel (Editor), Wiemer, Björn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3110343762 ISBN-13: 9783110343762 Publisher: Walter de Gruyter OUR PRICE: $179.54 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Baltic Languages - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | Slavic Languages (other) |
| Dewey: 410 |
| Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [Tilsm] |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (2.05 lbs) 562 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a collection of articles dealing with various aspects of the Baltic languages (Lithuanian, Latvian and Latgalian), which have only marginally featured in the discourse of theoretical linguistics and linguistic typology. The aim of the book is to bridge the gap between the study of the Baltic languages, on the one hand, and the current agenda of the theoretical and typological approaches to language, on the other. The book comprises 13 articles dealing with various aspects of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, and their interactions, plus a lengthy introduction, whose aim is to outline the state of the art in the research on the Baltic languages. The contributions are data-driven, being based on field-work, corpus research, and data published in the sources not accessible to the general linguistic audience. On the other hand, all contributions are informed in the relevant contemporary linguistic theories and in the advances of linguistic typology. Some of the contributions aim at a more detailed, accurate and theoretically informed description of the data, others look at the Baltic material from a more theoretical point of view, still others assume an areal-typological or contact perspective. |
Contributor Bio(s): Arkadiev, Peter: - Peter Arkadiev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; Axel Holvoet, University of Warsaw; Björn Wiemer, Universität Mainz. |