Grammars in Contact

Grammars in Contact
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 376
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ISBN-10 : 9780199207831
ISBN-13 : 0199207836
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Book Synopsis Grammars in Contact by : Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd

Download or read book Grammars in Contact written by Aleksandra I͡Urʹevna Aĭkhenvalʹd and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation, this book contains an encyclopaedic introduction, which sets out a theory of contact-induced change, and chapters which analyse the effects of language contact on grammatical systems in a variety of languages.


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