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Creolization and balkanization as a result of language (dialect) contact. Is the origin of mixed languages universal? There are several types of language contact depending on the relations between languages.
Michał Głuszkowski
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Establishing a Sprachbund in the Western Lingnan region : conceptual and methodological issues [PDF]
It is well-known that Tai-Kadai languages have affected the typological profiles of Southern Sinitic varieties. For example, compared with their northern sisters, Southern Sinitic varieties display a stronger tendency towards head-initial structures, as ...
Szeto, Pui Yiu, Yurayong, Chingduang
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Лингвистическая таксономия: компактность языковых подгрупп, групп и семей
LINGUISTIC TAXONOMY: DENSITY OF LANGUAGE SUBGROUPS, GROUPS AND FAMILIESSummaryLanguage subgroups, groups, families and unities were investigated from the point of view of their dispersion in the way it was first proposed in (Тамбовцев 1986).
Юрий Алексеевич Тамбовцев
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On the Concept of an Anatolian-Greek Language Area [PDF]
This paper aims at presenting some thoughts on the hypothesis of an Anatolian-Greek language area in the second millennium bc comparing different approaches both in the theoretical frames and in the analysis of the linguistic facts.
Paola Cotticelli Kurras
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An Evaluation of German-Croatian Contact [PDF]
This paper is a study of the influence of German on Croatian. It attempts to provide a historical background and to summarize and evaluate the linguistic findings of some scholars in the field.
Nuckols, Mark E.
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Clitic doubling in vernacular medieval Greek [PDF]
This article provides the first in-depth study of clitic doubling in vernacular Medieval Greek. First, it is shown that the four-part typology (topicalization; right-dislocation; backgrounding; left-dislocation) recently developed on the basis of Modern ...
Soltic, Jorie
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Hybrid Clause Combining Strategies in Turkish Language Contacts
Abstract The Turkic contact varieties of the Balkans use two main diametrically opposed subordination strategies: (i) the Turkic template, where typical subordinate clauses are prepositive, nonfinite, contain clause‐final subordinators, etc. and (ii) the Indo‐European (IE) template, where typical subordinate clauses are postpositive, finite, contain ...
Cem Keskin +3 more
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Finite complementation in the synchrony and diachrony of Greek and in other Balkan languages [PDF]
This paper will focus on some previously unnoticed differences among the particular finite constructions employed in some Balkan languages. We will compare the finite subjunctive clauses and some alternative constructions involved and pay close attention
Fykias, Ioannis, Sampanis, Konstantinos
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How "many" Maximizes in the Balkan Sprachbund
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The Romanian and Bulgarian languages share common features stemming from the Balkan linguistic aria. Among the distinctive grammatical constructions in Balkan languages is the new-type analytic subjunctive, a replacement for the infinitive in various ...
Boryana Emiliynova, Silvia Mihăilescu
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