{"product_id":"grammars-in-contact-a-cross-linguistic-typology-9780199556465","title":"Grammars in Contact: A Cross-Linguistic Typology","description":"The present volume examines the ways in which linguistic traits may change in a contact situation. It contains an encyclopaedic introduction, which sets out a general theory of contact-induced change, and twelve subsequent chapters, which analyze the effects of language contact on grammatical systems in a variety of languages belonging to different geographical areas and diverse types.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.16lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199556465\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Y. Aikhenvald is Professor of Linguistics, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University. She has worked on descriptive and historical aspects of Barber languages and published, in Russian, a grammar of Modern Hebrew (1990). She is a major authority on typological and areal features of South\u003cbr\u003eAmerican languages, particularly of the Arawak family: Bare (1995, based on work with the last speaker, who has since died), Warekena (1998), and Tariana (2003). Her monographs include \u003cem\u003eClassifiers: a Typology of Noun Categorization Devices\u003c\/em\u003e (2000, 2003), \u003cem\u003eLanguage Contact in Amazonia\u003c\/em\u003e (2002) and\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEvidentiality\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), all published by OUP. She is currently working on a reference grammar of Manambu, from the Sepik area of New Guinea. \u003cbr\u003e R.M.W. Dixon is Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University. He has published grammars of a number of Australian languages (including Dyirbal and Yidiñ), in addition to \u003cem\u003eA Grammar of Boumaa Fijian\u003c\/em\u003e (1988), \u003cem\u003eThe Jarawara Language of Southern Amazonia\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(2004) and \u003cem\u003eA Semantic Approach to English Grammar\u003c\/em\u003e (2005). His works on typological theory include \u003cem\u003eWhere have All the Adjectives Gone? and Other Essays\u003c\/em\u003e (1982) and \u003cem\u003eErgativity\u003c\/em\u003e (1994). His essay \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Languages\u003c\/em\u003e (1997) expounded a punctuated equilibrium model for language development which\u003cbr\u003eis the basis for his detailed case study \u003cem\u003eAustralian Languages: their Nature and Development\u003c\/em\u003e (2002). He is currently working on an extensive study of the basic linguistic theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39934221582451,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_50e8a9a7-d3a0-4902-90c5-17444f999e59.jpg?v=1647878141","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/grammars-in-contact-a-cross-linguistic-typology-9780199556465","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}