Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface VII
4. On the (almost im)possible emergence of grammatical gender in language-contact situations 1
5. Language contact and number inflection in Patagonian Welsh 51
6. VOY – PARA – SIEMPRE: Three Spanish-derived function words and the Chamorro irrealis 91
7. On the borrowing of the English adversative connector but 183
8. On loan conjunctions: A comparative study with special focus on the languages of the former Soviet Union 259
9. Parallel Romancization: Chamorro and Tetun Dili – two heavy borrowers compared 393
10. Index of Authors 467
11. Index of Languages 474
12. Index of Subjects 479