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Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in Comparative Linguistics - Explorations in Linguistic Typology Alexandra Y Aikhenvald
Areal Diffusion and Genetic Inheritance: Problems in Comparative Linguistics - Explorations in Linguistic Typology
Alexandra Y Aikhenvald
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.
472 pages, Numerous maps, tables and line drawings
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 2, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199283088 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 470 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 27 mm · 711 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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