Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and indexes.
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The framework -- On replicating use patterns -- Grammaticalization -- Typological change -- On linguistic areas -- Limits of replication.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The phenomenon of language contact has been of great interest to linguists in recent years. This pioneering new study looks at how grammatical forms and structures evolve when speakers of two languages come into contact, and the mechanism that induces people to transfer grammatical structures from one language to another.
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Title
Language contact and grammatical change.
International Standard Book Number
0521608287
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Areal linguistics.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Grammaticalization.
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Typology (Linguistics)
Changement linguistique.
Grammaticalisation.
Langues en contact.
Linguistique géographique.
Typologie (Linguistique)
Areal linguistics.
Géographie linguistique.
Grammar, Comparative and general-- Grammaticalization.
Grammaticalisation.
Grammaticalisering.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Linguistics-- Sociolinguistics.