Areal diffusion and genetic inheritance: problems in comparative linguistics
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199283088
Date de publication :
2 mars 2006
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 2,7 cm
Poids :
711 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble each other. This book investigates the relationship between a real diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and reveals the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to share the characteristics of another.