Stability and divergence in language contact : factors and mechanisms / edited by Kurt Braunmüller, University of Hamburg ; Steffen Höder, University of Kiel ; Karoline H. Kühl, University of Copenhagen.

Stability and divergence in language contact : factors and mechanisms /

Comparing the evolution of differential object marking (DOM) in Spanishand Portuguese between the 16th and the 20th c. we discover great differencesbetween the two neighbor languages. Whereas in Spanish we notice a steadyincrease and high degree of grammaticalization of DOM, the graph for thedegree...

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Other Authors: Braunmüller, Kurt, 1948- (Editor), Höder, Steffen (Editor), Kühl, Karoline H. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2014]
Series:Studies in language variation ; v. 16.
Subjects:
Languages in contact.
Linguistic change.
Bilingualism.
Intercultural communication.
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