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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... word order types such as verb - object and object- verb are often distributed over vast areas , and tend to be dominant in different areas ( STILO ) . Similarly , vowel harmony is often areally diffused . The exist- ence of similar ...
... word order types such as verb - object and object- verb are often distributed over vast areas , and tend to be dominant in different areas ( STILO ) . Similarly , vowel harmony is often areally diffused . The exist- ence of similar ...
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... word order characteristics . Correlations with secondary code competence One important parameter is the degree of general secondary code competence in the primary code community . It may range from ' widespread ' , when the majority of ...
... word order characteristics . Correlations with secondary code competence One important parameter is the degree of general secondary code competence in the primary code community . It may range from ' widespread ' , when the majority of ...
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... Words copied from spoken Arabic in the " preliterate " period of New Persian ... word often coexist : some rather adapted to the phonological system and some ... order to preserve the feature [ + front ] of the syllable . This was better ...
... Words copied from spoken Arabic in the " preliterate " period of New Persian ... word often coexist : some rather adapted to the phonological system and some ... order to preserve the feature [ + front ] of the syllable . This was better ...
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... word order rules - the placement of direct objects and adposi- tions relative to verbs , of genitives , demonstratives , adjectives , numerals and relative clauses relative to nouns , and adverbs relative to adjectives — in lan- guages ...
... word order rules - the placement of direct objects and adposi- tions relative to verbs , of genitives , demonstratives , adjectives , numerals and relative clauses relative to nouns , and adverbs relative to adjectives — in lan- guages ...
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... word order properties . Intransitive verbs show a simple subject - verb pat- tern in contrast with the normal Arabic situation , where verb - subject is the unmarked order . For transitive verbs the simple ( subject- ) object - verb ...
... word order properties . Intransitive verbs show a simple subject - verb pat- tern in contrast with the normal Arabic situation , where verb - subject is the unmarked order . For transitive verbs the simple ( subject- ) object - verb ...
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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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