Exploring Structures in Languages and Language Contact

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Exploring Structures in Languages and Language Contact

Edited by: Nataliya Levkovych , Julia Nintemann and Maike Vorholt

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2025

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The contributions of this volume offer fresh insights into different aspects of grammatical structures. Language contact is the primary focus of several contributions, addressing various aspects of this topic, including lexical borrowings, creole languages, and other contact effects. Ranging from typological perspectives on grammatical structures to individual case studies, the volume sheds light on the complex processes underlying linguistic diversity worldwide.

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Nataliya Levkovych, Julia Nintemann & Maike Vorholt, all Bremen University, Germany.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Preface Nataliya Levkovych, Julia Nintemann and Maike Vorholt Open Access Download PDF	VII
Contents Open Access Download PDF	XIII
The joys and challenges of contact effects without substance Marianne Mithun Open Access Download PDF	1
Causatives and contacts in Chabacano Eeva Sippola Open Access Download PDF	21
What is heritage language research good for? A critical discussion, with examples from Turkish language contacts Christoph Schroeder Open Access Download PDF	41
Remodeling inflectional classes: Strong and weak verbs in Walser German Livio Gaeta Open Access Download PDF	63
The convergence of Nalik with Tok Pisin: Two languages becoming one linguistic repertoire Craig Alan Volker Open Access Download PDF	93
A Kwadi perspective on Khoe juncture-verb constructions Tom Güldemann Open Access Download PDF	117
Out of our minds and onto the paper: On the morphological complexity of configurational spatial relations Julia Nintemann, Maike Vorholt, Deborah Arbes and Kevin Behrens Open Access Download PDF	147
Aspectual head/dependent marking in relation to verb/satellite framing Johanna Mattissen Open Access Download PDF	199
The origin of agent markers – Metaphors underlying the extension of spatial prepositions in European languages Silvia Luraghi Open Access Download PDF	243
Paolo Ramat What(ever) will be, will be Paolo Ramat Open Access Download PDF	265
Uilta (Orok) attributive adjective order: Grammar, text, typology Bernard Comrie Open Access Download PDF	275
Roots and root classes in comparative grammar Martin Haspelmath Open Access Download PDF	307
Taf x’naf? A closer look at stative verbs in Maltese Michael Spagnol Open Access Download PDF	325
Tabula gratulatoria Open Access Download PDF	349
Language index Open Access Download PDF	351
Subject index Open Access Download PDF	355

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eBook published on:

June 2, 2025

eBook ISBN:

9783111496436

Hardcover published on:

June 2, 2025

Hardcover ISBN:

9783111496344

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Front matter:

14

Main content:

357

Illustrations:

15

Coloured Illustrations:

3

Tables:

77

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111496436

eBook ISBN: 9783111496436

Hardcover ISBN: 9783111496344

Keywords for this book

Language Contact; Linguistic Typology; Grammatical Structures; Borrowings

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Researchers and Students in Linguistic Typology, Syntax, Morphology and Language Contact

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