Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Editor and contributing authors vii
4. 1. Introduction: Conceptual and methodological issues in areal linguistics 1
5. 2. The problem of the Caucasian Sprachbund. 25
6. 3. East Nusantara as a linguistic area 95
7. 4. The Guaporé-Mamoré region as a linguistic area 151
8. 5. An integrated areal-typological approach: Local convergence and morphosyntactic features in the Balkan Sprachbund 181
9. 6. Zhuang: A Tai language with some Sinitic characteristics. Postverbal 'can' in Zhuang, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Lao 221
10. Language index 275
11. Author index 281
12. Subject index 285
13. Place index 291