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Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in Comparative Linguistics - Explorations in Linguistic Typology Alexandr Aikhenvald
Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in Comparative Linguistics - Explorations in Linguistic Typology
Alexandr Aikhenvald
Considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble each other. This book investigates the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages. The chapters cover Ancient Anatolia, Modern Anatolia, Australia, Amazonia, Oceania, Southeast and East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
460 pages, numerous figures and maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 22, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198299813 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 472 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 243 × 29 mm · 819 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Aikhenvald, Alexandra Y. (, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University) |
| Editor | Dixon, R. M. W. (, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University) |
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