基本説明
Explores language description and typology in terms of areal background, presenting case studies in areal linguistics.
Full Description
From linguistic areas to areal linguistics explores language description and typology in terms of areal background, presenting case studies in areal linguistics. Some concern well-established linguistic areas such as the Balkan, other regions such as East Nusantara (Indonesia) and the Guapore-Mamore (Amazon) regions have never before been studied in an areal perspective, and yet other areas are involved in current debates. The insight has gained ground that languages owe many of their characteristics to the languages they are in contact with over time. Yet the nature of these areal influences remains a matter of debate. Furthermore, areas are often hard to define. Hence the title: a shift from linguistic areas as concrete and circumscribed objects to a new way of doing linguistics: areally. New findings include the observation that there may be many more language areas than previously recognized. The book is primarily directed at linguists working in descriptive, comparative, historical and typological linguistics. Since it covers linguistic areas from four continents, it will have a wide appeal.
Contents
1. Editor and contributing authors; 2. 1. Introduction: Conceptual and methodological issues in areal linguistics (by Muysken, Pieter); 3. 2. The problem of the Caucasian Sprachbund. (by Chirikba, Viacheslav); 4. 3. East Nusantara as a linguistic area (by Klamer, Marian A.F.); 5. 4. The Guapore-Mamore region as a linguistic area (by Crevels, Mily); 6. 5. An integrated areal-typological approach: Local convergence and morphosyntactic features in the Balkan Sprachbund (by Miseska Tomic, Olga); 7. 6. Zhuang: A Tai language with some Sinitic characteristics. Postverbal 'can' in Zhuang, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Lao (by Sybesma, Rint); 8. Language index; 9. Author index; 10. Subject index; 11. Place index
