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New Trends in Nordic and General Linguistics

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This book offers a survey of current work in Nordic and General Linguistics, with a special focus on language contact. The papers in this book were presented at the 11th International Conference of Nordic and General Linguistics (ICNGL) in Freiburg. The ICNGL conference series aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas on Scandinavian and other languages, between researchers from the Nordic countries and elsewhere.
The present volume focuses on language contact, which has always been a topic of great interest in Nordic Linguistics. Additionally, the contributions in this book address issues of phonology, morpho-syntax, syntax, and grammaticalization.
The book is meant to be a snapshot of Nordic Linguistics as it is practiced today, reflecting at the same time its established research traditions as well as its forages into new methodologies and theories.
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Additional ISBN/GTIN9783110267938
Product TypeE-book
BindingE-book
FormatEPUB
FormatReflowable
PublisherDe Gruyter
Publication townBerlin/Boston
Publishing date17/02/2015
Series no.42
LanguageEnglish
File size3490860 Bytes
Illustrations20 s/w Abbildungen, 21 s/w Tabellen
Article no.4916787
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Data source no.343559
Product groupBU561
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