35.911, Books: A History of East Baltic through Language Contact: Jakob (2023)

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Subject: 35.911, Books: A History of East Baltic through Language Contact: Jakob (2023)

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Date: 28-Feb-2024
From: Simone Luijks [simone.luijks at brill.com]
Subject: A History of East Baltic through Language Contact: Jakob (2023)


Title: A History of East Baltic through Language Contact
Series Title: Leiden Studies in Indo-European
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Brill
                http://www.brill.com
Book URL: https://brill.com/display/title/69345

Author: Anthony Jakob
Abstract:

The East Baltic languages are well known for their conservative
phonology as compared to other Indo-European languages, which has led
to a stereotype that the Balts developed in isolation without much
contact with other speech communities. This book challenges that view,
taking a deep dive into the East Baltic lexicon and peeling away the
layers of prehistoric borrowings in the process. As well as
significant contact events with known languages, the lexicon also
reveals evidence of contact with unattested languages from which
previous populations must have shifted.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics

Language Family(ies): Baltic
                      Eastern Baltic

Written In: English (eng)



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