31.3407, Books: Austronesian Undressed: Gil, Schapper (eds.)

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Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2020 22:46:55
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Austronesian Undressed: Gil, Schapper (eds.)

 


Title: Austronesian Undressed 
Subtitle: How and why languages become isolating 
Series Title: Typological Studies in Language 129  

Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.129 


Editor: David Gil
Editor: Antoinette Schapper

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260536 Pages: 510 Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260536 Pages: 510 Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027260536 Pages: 510 Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027207906 Pages: 510 Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027207906 Pages: 510 Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027207906 Pages: 510 Price: Europe EURO 111.30


Abstract:

Many Austronesian languages exhibit isolating word structure. This volume
offers a series of investigations into these languages, which are found in an
"isolating crescent" extending from Mainland Southeast Asia through the
Indonesian archipelago and into western New Guinea. Some of the languages
examined in this volume include Cham, Minangkabau, colloquial Malay/Indonesian
and Javanese, Lio, Alorese, and Tetun Dili.

The main purpose of this volume is to address the general question of how and
why languages become isolating, by examination of a number of competing
hypotheses. While some view morphological loss as a natural process, others
argue that the development of isolating word structure is typically driven by
language contact through various mechanisms such as creolization, metatypy,
and Sprachbund effects. This volume should be of interest not only to
Austronesianists and historians of Insular Southeast Asia, but also to
grammarians, typologists, historical linguists, creolists, and specialists in
language contact.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Typology

Language Family(ies): Austronesian


Written In: English  (eng)

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