Synopses & Reviews
The phenomenon of language contact, and how it affects the structure of languages, has been of great interest to linguists in recent years. This pioneering new study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact, and offers insight into the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another. The book will be of great interest to all working in grammaticalization, language contact, and language change.
Review
'...[the book will become] a starting point for further investigation of the interplay between grammaticalization and language contact.' Journal of Linguistics
Synopsis
The phenomenon of language contact has been of great interest to linguists in recent years. This pioneering new study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact, and the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another.
Synopsis
Offers an interesting insight into how language contact affects grammatical forms and structures.
About the Author
Bernd Heine is Professor of African Studies in the Institute for African Studies, University of Cologne.Tania Kuteva is Professor of English Linguistics at the Institute for English and American Studies, University of Düsseldorf.
Table of Contents
List of maps; List of tables; Series editor's foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. The framework; 2. On replicating use patterns; 3. Grammaticalization; 4. Typological change; 5. On linguistic areas; 6. Limits of replication; 7. Conclusions; 8. Notes; References; Index of authors; Index of languages; Index of subjects.