The Changing Languages of Europe

AvBernd Heine,Tania Kuteva

Inbunden, Engelska, 2006

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This book shows that the languages and dialects of Europe are becoming increasingly alike and furthermore that this unifying process goes back to Roman times, is accelerating, and affects every European language including those of different families such as Basque and Finnish. The unifying process involves every grammatical aspect of the languages and operates through changes so minute that native speakers fail to notice them. The authors reveal when, how, and why common grammatical structures have evolved and continue to evolve in processes of change that will transform the linguistic landscape of Europe.

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Utgivningsdatum:2006-06-22
Mått:164 x 242 x 25 mm
Vikt:704 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:376
Förlag:OUP OXFORD
ISBN:9780199297337

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Språkvetenskap och lingvistik inom Språk och ordböcker

Mer om författaren

Bernd Heine is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the Institute of African Studies, University of Cologne. His 33 books include Auxiliaries: Cognitive forces and grammaticalization (OUP USA, 1993); Cognitive Foundations of Grammar (OUP USA, 1997); Possession: Cognitive sources, forces, and grammaticalization (CUP, 1997); and, with Derek Nurse, African Languages: An introduction (CUP, 2000).Tania Kuteva is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Dusseldorf and author of Auxiliation: An enquiry into the nature of grammaticalization (OUP, 2001).Bernd Heine and Tania Kuteva are the joint authors of World Lexicon of Grammaticalization (CUP, 2002) and Language Contact and Grammatical Change (CUP, 2005).

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This excellent monograph offers an insightful study in which European languages have influenced each other in their grammar...[a] richly documented and convinvingly argued book.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Europe as a Linguistic Area ; 2. Grammatical Replication ; 3. The Rise of Articles ; 4. The Rise of Possessive Perfects ; 5. From Comitative to Instrumental Forms ; 6. From Question to Clause Subordination ; 7. Europe's Periphery ; 8. Conclusions ; References ; Glossary ; Subject Index ; List of Maps