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Genealogical linguistics and areal linguistics are rarely treated from an integrated perspective even if they are twin faces of diachronic linguistics. In Copies versus Cognates in Bound Morphology Lars Johanson and Martine Robbeets take up this challenge. The result is a wealth of empirical facts and different theoretical approaches, advanced by internationally renowned specialists and young scholars whose research is highly pertinent to the topic. Copies versus Cognates in Bound Morphology puts genealogical and areal explanation for shared morphology in a balanced perspective and works out criteria to distinguish between morphological cognates and copies. Lars Johanson and Martine Robbeets provide nothing less than the foundations for a new perspective on diachronic linguistics between genealogical and areal linguistics. Contributors include: Alexandra Aikhenvald, Ad Backus, Dik Bakker, Peter Bakker, Éva Csató, Stig Eliasson, Victor Friedman, Francesco Gardani, Anthony Grant, Salomé Gutiérrez-Morales, Tooru Hayasi, Ewald Hekking, Juha Janhunen, Lars Johanson, Brian Joseph, Folke Josephson, Judith Josephson, Johanna Nichols, Martine Robbeets, Marshall Unger, Nikki van de Pol, Anna Verschik, Lindsay Whaley.

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Author:   Johanson Lars ,  Martine Robbeets
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.846kg
ISBN:  

9789004224070

ISBN 10:   9004224076
Pages:   456
Publication Date:   05 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Preface About the Contributors Part I: Theoretical and typological issues 1. Bound morphology in common: copy or cognate? Lars Johanson & Martine Robbeets 2. Non-borrowed non-cognate parallels in bound morphology: Aspects of the phenomenon of shared drift with Eurasian examples Juha Janhunen 3. Selection for m: T pronominals in Eurasia Johanna Nichols 4. Plural across inflection and derivation, fusion and agglutination Francesco Gardani 5. Bound morphology in English (and beyond): copy or cognate? Anthony Grant 6. Copiability of (bound) morphology Ad Backus & Anna Verschik 7. A variationist solution to apparent copying across related languages Brian D. Joseph Part II: Case Studies IIa America 8. 'Invisible' loans: How to borrow a bound form Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald 9. Constraints on morphological borrowing: Evidence from Latin America Dik Bakker & Ewald Hekking 10. Morphological borrowing in Sierra Popoluca Salome Gutierrez-Morales 11. Cognates versus copies in North America: New light on the old discussion on diffusion versus inheritance Peter Bakker IIb Eurasia 12. On the degree of copiability of derivational and inflectional morphology: Evidence from Basque Stig Eliasson 13. Between copy and cognate: the origin of absolutes in Old and Middle English Nikki van de Pol 14. Copying and cognates in the Balkan Sprachbund Victor A. Friedman 15. Transfer of morphemes and grammatical structure in Ancient Anatolia Folke Josephson 16. The historical background of the transfer of a Kurdish bound morpheme to Neo-Aramaic Judith Josephson 17. On the sustainability of inflectional morphology Eva A. Csato 18. Foreign and indigenous properties in the vocabulary of Eynu, a secret language spoken in the south of Taklamakan Tooru Hayasi 19. Deriving insights about Tungusic classification from derivational morphology Lindsay Whaley 20. The likelihood of morphological borrowing: The case of Korean and Japanese J. Marshall Unger 21. Shared verb morphology in the Transeurasian languages: copy or cognate? Martine Robbeets Language Index Subject Index

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Lars Johanson, is professor in Turcology at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the University of Mainz, Germany. He has published extensively on synchronic and diachronic linguistics, especially in the domains of aspect-mood-tense, language contact, and language typology. Martine Robbeets, Ph.D. (2003), University of Leiden, holds a DFG fellowship at the University of Mainz. Her research is on morphological reconstruction and on the genealogical relationship of Japanese with the Transeurasian languages, areas in which she has several publications.

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