The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay: A Case of Extreme Language Contact by Nordhoff, Sebastian

The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay: A Case of Extreme Language Contact (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004234130)

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Format: Hardcover
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The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay: A Case of Extreme Language Contact by Nordhoff, Sebastian

The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay: A Case of Extreme Language Contact

$193.00
The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay: A Case of Extreme Language Contact by Nordhoff, Sebastian

The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay: A Case of Extreme Language Contact

$193.00
Format: Hardcover
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Sri Lanka Malay shows extreme language contact: Malay phonology and lexicon are squared with clearly Indian morphosyntax and semantics. Historical, anthropological, typological and structural approaches shed light on the complex genesis and rapid evolution of this language.

Author: Sebastian Nordhoff
ISBN-10: 9004234136
ISBN-13: 9789004234130
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 11/29/2012
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.30w x 0.90d
By Sebastian Nordhoff
By Sebastian Nordhoff
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Sebastian Nordhoff, Ph. D. (2009), University of Amsterdam, is postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Insitute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. He works on languages of Sri Lanka, language contact, and Linguistic Linked Open Data. Next to his reference grammar of Sri Lanka Malay, he has published on its synchrony and diachrony.

Contributors include Peter Bakker, James W. Gair, Mohamed Jaffar, Sebastian Nordhoff, Romola Rassool, Peter Slomanson, and Ian Smith.

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