Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion: Case Studies from Iranian, Semitic and TurkicRoutledge, 2004 M08 2 - 388 pages 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. |
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... patterns of innovation from generation to gen- eration are observed . Even if youngsters approximate the codes of the adults more closely as they grow older , some innovations are retained . The distance from previous model codes thus ...
... patterns of innovation from generation to gen- eration are observed . Even if youngsters approximate the codes of the adults more closely as they grow older , some innovations are retained . The distance from previous model codes thus ...
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... pattern suggests that even ' mother codes ' may have emerged through polygenesis . What may have existed prior to a given prehistoric terminus post quem ? May mutual copying , convergence and homogenization of clusters of genealogically ...
... pattern suggests that even ' mother codes ' may have emerged through polygenesis . What may have existed prior to a given prehistoric terminus post quem ? May mutual copying , convergence and homogenization of clusters of genealogically ...
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... patterns seem to be correlated with types of contact situations . Many situations are characterized by bi- or multilingualism , the use of sev- eral codes in one and the same community . For example , most speakers of Central Asian ...
... patterns seem to be correlated with types of contact situations . Many situations are characterized by bi- or multilingualism , the use of sev- eral codes in one and the same community . For example , most speakers of Central Asian ...
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... patterns . This tendency towards similar grammatical categories and syntactic parallels may result in a high degree of translatability between texts in the two codes . Examples include Turkic languages such as Karaim and Gagauz in their ...
... patterns . This tendency towards similar grammatical categories and syntactic parallels may result in a high degree of translatability between texts in the two codes . Examples include Turkic languages such as Karaim and Gagauz in their ...
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... patterns . Influences on Arabic varieties Several contributions to the present volume concern foreign influence on ... pattern . Other Arabic dialects influenced by Persian are spoken in Iran , displaying varying degrees of convergence ...
... patterns . Influences on Arabic varieties Several contributions to the present volume concern foreign influence on ... pattern . Other Arabic dialects influenced by Persian are spoken in Iran , displaying varying degrees of convergence ...
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Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion: Case Studies from Iranian ... Éva Ágnes Csató,Bo Isaksson,Carina Jahani No preview available - 2004 |
Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion: Case Studies from Iranian ... CSATO No preview available - 2016 |
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