Aspects of language contact; new theoretical, methodological and empirical findings with special focus on romancisation processes.9783110195842 Aspects of language contact; new theoretical, methodological and empirical findings with special focus on romancisation processes. Ed. by Thomas Stolz et al. Mouton mouton lamb pelt made to resemble seal or beaver. de Gruyter 2008 471 pages $189.00 Hardcover Empirical approaches to language typology typology /ty·pol·o·gy/ (ti-pol´ah-je) the study of types; the science of classifying, as bacteria according to type. typology the study of types; the science of classifying, as bacteria according to type. ; 35 P130 Linguists from Europe, Canada, and Mexico explore how languages descended from Latin--specifically French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese--have influenced other languages, mostly native languages where the European speech communities established colonies. Some discuss theoretical topics such a systematic cross-linguistic study of lexical borrowability, and loan verbs in a typological perspective. Others cite case studies, among them French influence on the native languages of Canada There are a multitude of languages spoken in Canada, but only English, French and certain aboriginal languages have official status. The Constitution of Canada itself recognizes two official languages, English and French, and all constitutional acts since 1982 have and adjacent US, borrowings from Romance languages Romance languages, group of languages belonging to the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Italic languages). Also called Romanic, they are spoken by about 670 million people in many parts of the world, but chiefly in Europe and the Western in Oceanic languages Oceanic languages, aboriginal languages spoken in the region known as Oceania. If Oceania is restricted to the Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian islands, the indigenous tongues spoken on these islands belong for the most part to the Malayo-Polynesian family of , and Italian in East Africa. Many of the 14 studies are from a May 2004 conference in Amsterdam or a May 2005 conference in Bremen. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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