The contributions of this volume offer fresh insights into different aspects of grammatical structures. Language contact is the primary focus of several contributions, addressing various aspects of this topic, including lexical borrowings, creole languages, and other contact effects. Ranging from typological perspectives on grammatical structures to individual case studies, the volume sheds light on the complex processes underlying linguistic diversity worldwide.
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Exploring Structures in Languages and Language Contact
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Exploring Structures in Languages and Language Contact
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Table of contents
- Preface
- Contents
- The joys and challenges of contact effects without substance
- Causatives and contacts in Chabacano
- What is heritage language research good for? A critical discussion, with examples from Turkish language contacts
- Remodeling inflectional classes: Strong and weak verbs in Walser German
- The convergence of Nalik with Tok Pisin: Two languages becoming one linguistic repertoire
- A Kwadi perspective on Khoe juncture-verb constructions
- Out of our minds and onto the paper: On the morphological complexity of configurational spatial relations
- Aspectual head/dependent marking in relation to verb/satellite framing
- The origin of agent markers – Metaphors underlying the extension of spatial prepositions in European languages
- Paolo Ramat What(ever) will be, will be
- Uilta (Orok) attributive adjective order: Grammar, text, typology
- Roots and root classes in comparative grammar
- Taf x’naf? A closer look at stative verbs in Maltese
- Tabula gratulatoria
- Language index
- Subject index
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