Language Contact in Amazonia

by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald

This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble one another. The author explains the relationship between areal diffusion and the genetic development of languages, and reveals the means of distinguishing what may cause one language to
share the characteristics of another.

Aikhenvald uses the example of Arawak and Tucanoan languages spoken in the large area of the Vaupes river basin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199588244
• ISBN13: 9780199588244
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"