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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"

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