Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion - Softcover

Csató, Éva Ágnes; Isaksson, Bo; Jahani, Carina

 
9781138979871: Linguistic Convergence and Areal Diffusion
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ISBN 10: 1138979872 ISBN 13: 9781138979871
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

The authors are outstanding scholars engaged in the study of language varieties spoken in 'convergence areas' in which speakers are multilingual in languages of at least two but sometimes all three language families. Many of the contributions present new data collected in fieldwork. The geographic area covered is Western and Central Asia where varieties of Iranian, Semitic and Turkic languages have entered into many different types of contact. The intricate linguistic contact situations demonstrate highly interesting convergence phenomena.

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About the Author

Éva Ágnes Csató is Professor of Turkic Languages at Uppsala University. Her main research interests are general comparative linguistic Turcology, language typology and descriptions of lesser-studied Turkic varieties.
Bo Isaksson is Professor of Semitic Languages at Uppsala University. Her research interests include Arabic dialects, comparative Semitic studies and the verbal aspect in Classical Hebrew.
Carina Jahani is Associate Professor on Iranian languages at Uppsala University. Her main areas of research are the Balochi language and its literature, Modern and Classical Persian grammar and sociolinguistics in Iran.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138979872
ISBN 13 
9781138979871
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
388

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