Language Competition And Linguistic Diffusion
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Language Competition And Linguistic Diffusion
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Author : Lucia Loureiro-Porto
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Language Competition And Linguistic Diffusion written by Lucia Loureiro-Porto and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Language spread categories.
Language Spread
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Author : Robert Leon Cooper
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Language Spread written by Robert Leon Cooper and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Areal Diffusion And Genetic Inheritance
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Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2006-03-02
Areal Diffusion And Genetic Inheritance written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-02 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Two languages can resemble each other in the categories, constructions, and types of meaning they use; and in the forms they employ to express these. Such resemblances may be the consequence of universal characteristics of language, of chance or coincidence, of the borrowing by one language of another's words, or of the diffusion of grammatical, phonetic, and phonological characteristics that takes place when languages come into contact. Languages sometimes show likeness because they have borrowed not from each other but from a third language. Languages that come from the same ancestor may have similar grammatical categories and meanings expressed by similar forms: such languages are said to be genetically affiliated. This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble one another. Its editors and authors aim (a) to explain and identify the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and (b) to discover the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another. The introduction outlines the issues that underlie these aims, introduces the chapters which follow, and comments on recurrent conclusions by the contributors. The problems are formidable and the pitfalls numerous: for example, several of the authors draw attention to the inadequacy of the family tree diagram as the main metaphor for language relationship. The authors range over Ancient Anatolia, Modern Anatolia, Australia, Amazonia, Oceania, Southeast and East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The book includes an archaeologist's view on what material evidence offers to explain cultural and linguistic change, and a general discussion of which kinds of linguistic feature can and cannot be borrowed. The chapters are accessibly-written and illustrated by twenty maps. The book will interest all students of the causes and consequences of language change and evolution.
Languages In Space And Time
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Author : Marco Patriarca
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-31
Languages In Space And Time written by Marco Patriarca and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-31 with Science categories.
This cross-disciplinary volume provides an overview of how complexity theory and the tools of statistical mechanics can be applied to linguistic problems to help reveal language groups, and to model the evolution and competition of languages in space and time. Illustrated with a series of case studies and worked examples, it presents an interdisciplinary framework to enable researchers from the mathematical, physical and social sciences to collaborate on linguistic problems. It demonstrates the complexity of linguistic databases and provides a mathematical toolkit for analyzing and extracting useful information from them - helping to conceptualize empirical facts better than a mere ethnographic view. Providing an important bridge to facilitate collaboration between linguists and mathematical modelers, this book will stimulate new ideas and avenues for research, and will form a valuable resource for advanced students and academics working across complex systems, sociolinguistics, and language dynamics.
When Languages Collide
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Author : Brian D. Joseph
language : en
Publisher: Ohio State University Press
Release Date : 2003
When Languages Collide written by Brian D. Joseph and has been published by Ohio State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Language Change
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Author : Goparaju Sambasiva Rao
language : en
Publisher: Academic Foundation
Release Date : 1994
Language Change written by Goparaju Sambasiva Rao and has been published by Academic Foundation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with India categories.
The Syllable And Stress
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Author : Rafael A. Núñez-Cedeño
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2016-03-21
The Syllable And Stress written by Rafael A. Núñez-Cedeño and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-21 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
In this volume, notable scholars honor James W. Harris for his contributions to Romance phonology. Inscribed within generative grammar, the studies seek to explain various phonological processes, structured around glides, aspects of onsets/codas as well as stress and weight. This book will be a useful reference tool for specialists in theoretical phonology, language acquisition, language in contact, bilingualism, and Spanish dialectology.
Language Wars And Linguistic Politics
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Author : Louis-Jean Calvet
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 1998
Language Wars And Linguistic Politics written by Louis-Jean Calvet and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Non-linguistic conflicts are often projected on to language differences, and may be played out in the language policies of governments and other holders of power. This text deals broadly with this interaction of language issues and political process.
Language Contact And Development Around The North Sea
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Author : Merja-Riitta Stenroos
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2012
Language Contact And Development Around The North Sea written by Merja-Riitta Stenroos and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This volume brings together eleven studies on the history of language and writing in the North Sea area, with focus on contacts and interchanges through time. Its range spans from the investigation of pre-Germanic place-names to present-day Shetland; the materials studied include glosses, legal and trade documents as well as place names and modern dialects. The volume is unique in its combination of linguistics and place-name studies with literacy studies, which allows for a very dynamic picture of the history of language contact and texts in the North Sea area. Different approaches come together to illuminate a major insight: the omnipresence of multilingualism as a context for language development and a formative characteristic of literacy. Among the contributors are experts on English, Nordic and German language history. The book will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students working on the history of Northern European languages, literacy studies and language contact
Languages In Space And Time Models And Methods From Complex Systems Theory
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Author : Marco Patriarca
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-29
Languages In Space And Time Models And Methods From Complex Systems Theory written by Marco Patriarca and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-29 with Computers categories.
Demonstrates how complexity theory and statistical mechanics help define the language groups and model the language dynamics.
