[crosspost from LINGUIST:] Areal diffusion & genetic inheritance

[Dave Robertson]

This book touches on some issues that a scholar of Chinook Jargon and other Northwest contact languages must take into account...Dave

Date:  Mon, 04 Feb 2002 15:42:25 -0500
From:  Kimberly Kahn <KRK at oup-usa.org>
Subject:  Comparative Linguistics:Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance

Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance
Problems in Comparative Linguistics
Edited by ALEXANDRA Y. AIKHENVALD and R. M. W. DIXON

This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different
languages at different times may resemble one another. Its editors
and authors aim to explain and identify the relationship between
areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and to
discover the means of distinguishing what may cause one
language to share the characteristics of another.
2002, 472 pp.; 30 line illus  $90.00

For more information or to order, visit
http://www.oup-usa.org

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"Asking a linguist how many languages she knows is like asking a doctor how many diseases he has!" -- anonymous



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