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The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics

Part of Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics

Editor: Raymond Hickey, Universität Duisburg–Essen

Raymond Hickey, Lyle Campbell, Balthasar Bickel, Victor A. Friedman, Brian D. Joseph, Juliette Blevins, Thomas Stolz, Nataliya Levkovych, Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans, Keren Rice, Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm, Henrik Liljegren, Johan van der Auwera, Daniël Van Olmen, Bernd Kortmann, Verena Schröter, Alan Timberlake, Sven Grawunder, Geoffrey Haig, Bernd Heine, Anne-Maria Fehn, Gerrit Dimmendaal, Jeff Good, Tom Güldemann, Rajend Mesthrie, John Peterson, Umberto Ansaldo, Martine Robbeets, Gregory D. S. Anderson, Hilary Chappell, N. J. Enfield, James Kirby, Marc Brunelle, Louisa Miceli, Alan Dench, Malcolm Ross, Paul Geraghty, Anthony P. Grant, Marianne Mithun, Patience Epps, Lev Michael, Pieter Muysken, Joshua Birchall, Rik van Gijn, Olga Krasnouhova, Neele Müller

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Date Published: March 2017
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Providing a contemporary and comprehensive look at the topical area of areal linguistics, this book looks systematically at different regions of the world whilst presenting a focussed and informed overview of the theory behind research into areal linguistics and language contact. The topicality of areal linguistics is thoroughly documented by a wealth of case studies from all major regions of the world and, with chapters from scholars with a broad spectrum of language expertise, it offers insights into the mechanisms of external language change. With no book currently like this on the market, The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics will be welcomed by students and scholars working on the history of language families, documentation and classification, and will help readers to understand the key area of areal linguistics within a broader linguistic context.
- Presents the first state-of-the-art body of research and findings in the new burgeoning field of areal linguistics
- Offers a unique overview of many language families from an areal perspective, benefitting those working on the history of language families, documentation and classification
- Amply documents the topicality of areal linguistics in chapters from a wide range of scholars, providing insights into the mechanisms of external language change
- Presents a contemporary discussion of key notions such as 'linguistic area' and 'linguistic convergence and divergence', reviewing the argument for how language change can occur when languages becomes more or less similar in their structures
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'The volume provides a balanced introduction to the rapidly developing field of areal linguistics while at the same time highlighting its connection and interdependence with related research fields. Many of the chapters offer ample bibliographical orientation and make good use of maps, enhancing the volume's usefulness as a research tool for understanding the multifaceted phenomenon of linguistic areality. The volume is expected to stimulate further research on areal and contact linguistics and to be of interest to a range of students and scholars interested in language contact, linguistic typology, historical linguistics, and related fields.' Natalie Operstein, LINGUIST List

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- Date Published: March 2017
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9781316840016
- contains: 83 b/w illus.
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Areas, areal features and areality Raymond Hickey
Part I. Issues in Areal Linguistics:
2. Why is it so hard to define a linguistic area? Lyle Campbell
3. Areas and universals Balthasar Bickel
4. Reassessing sprachbunds: a view from the Balkans Victor A. Friedman and Brian D. Joseph
5. Areal sound patterns: from perceptual magnets to stone soup Juliette Blevins
6. Convergence and divergence in the phonology of the languages of Europe Thomas Stolz and Nataliya Levkovych
7. Word prominence and areal linguistics Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans and Keren Rice
8. Semantic patterns from an areal perspective Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm and Henrik Liljegren
Part II. Case Studies for Areal Linguistics:
9. The Germanic languages and areal linguistics Johan van der Auwera and Daniël Van Olmen
10. Britain and Ireland Raymond Hickey
11. Varieties of English Bernd Kortmann and Verena Schröter
12. Slavic languages Alan Timberlake
13. The Caucasus Sven Grawunder
14. Western Asia Geoffrey Haig
15. An areal view of Africa Bernd Heine and Anne-Maria Fehn
16. Areal contact in Nilo-Saharan Gerrit Dimmendaal
17. Niger-Congo languages Jeff Good
18. The Kalahari Basin area as a 'sprachbund' before the Bantu expansion Tom Güldemann and Anne-Maria Fehn
19. South Africa and areal linguistics Rajend Mesthrie
20. Jharkhand as a 'linguistic area' John Peterson
21. Sri Lanka and South India Umberto Ansaldo
22. The Transeurasian languages Martine Robbeets
23. The changing profile of case marking in the northeastern Siberia area Gregory D. S. Anderson
24. Languages of China in their East and Southeast Asian context Hilary Chappell
25. Language in the mainland Southeast Asia area N. J. Enfield
26. Southeast Asian tone in areal perspective James Kirby and Marc Brunelle
27. The areal linguistics of Australia Louisa Miceli and Alan Dench
28. Languages of the New Guinea region Malcolm Ross
29. Languages of Eastern Melanesia Paul Geraghty
30. The Western Micronesian Sprachbund Anthony P. Grant
31. Native North American languages Marianne Mithun
32. The areal linguistics of Amazonia Patience Epps and Lev Michael
33. Linguistic areas, linguistic convergence, and river systems in South America Pieter Muysken, Joshua Birchall, Rik van Gijn, Olga Krasnouhova and Neele Müller.
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Editor
Raymond Hickey, Universität Duisburg–Essen
Raymond Hickey is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Duisburg and Essen, Germany. His main research interests are varieties of English (especially Irish English and Dublin English) and general questions of language contact, variation and change. Among his recent book publications are Motives for Language Change (Cambridge, 2003), Legacies of Colonial English (Cambridge, 2004), Dublin English: Evolution and Change (2005), Irish English: History and Present-day Forms (Cambridge, 2007), The Handbook of Language Contact (2010), Eighteenth-Century English (Cambridge, 2010), Areal Features of the Anglophone World (2012) and The Sound Structure of Modern Irish (2014).
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Raymond Hickey, Lyle Campbell, Balthasar Bickel, Victor A. Friedman, Brian D. Joseph, Juliette Blevins, Thomas Stolz, Nataliya Levkovych, Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans, Keren Rice, Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm, Henrik Liljegren, Johan van der Auwera, Daniël Van Olmen, Bernd Kortmann, Verena Schröter, Alan Timberlake, Sven Grawunder, Geoffrey Haig, Bernd Heine, Anne-Maria Fehn, Gerrit Dimmendaal, Jeff Good, Tom Güldemann, Rajend Mesthrie, John Peterson, Umberto Ansaldo, Martine Robbeets, Gregory D. S. Anderson, Hilary Chappell, N. J. Enfield, James Kirby, Marc Brunelle, Louisa Miceli, Alan Dench, Malcolm Ross, Paul Geraghty, Anthony P. Grant, Marianne Mithun, Patience Epps, Lev Michael, Pieter Muysken, Joshua Birchall, Rik van Gijn, Olga Krasnouhova, Neele Müller