{"product_id":"language-contact-in-europe-the-periphrastic-perfect-through-history-hardback-9780521514934","title":"Language Contact in Europe; The Periphrastic Perfect through History (Hardback) 9780521514934","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLanguage Contact in Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Periphrastic Perfect through History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book traces the spread of the perfect tense across Europe, demonstrating the crucial role of language contact.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBridget Drinka (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521514934, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 February 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e520 pages, 15 b\/w illus.  35 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm, 0.87 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis comprehensive new work provides extensive evidence for the essential role of language contact as a primary trigger for change. Unique in breadth, it traces the spread of the periphrastic perfect across Europe over the last 2,500 years, illustrating at each stage the micro-responses of speakers and communities to macro-historical pressures. Among the key forces claimed to be responsible for normative innovations in both eastern and western Europe is 'roofing' - the superstratal influence of Greek and Latin on languages under the influence of Greek Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism respectively. The author provides a new interpretation of the notion of 'sprachbund', presenting the model of a three-dimensional stratified convergence zone, and applies this model to her analysis of the have and be perfects within the Charlemagne sprachbund. The book also tackles broader theoretical issues, for example, demonstrating that the perfect tense should not be viewed as a universal category.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Language contact in Europe: the periphrastic perfect through history\u003cbr\u003e 2. Languages in contact, areal linguistics and the perfect\u003cbr\u003e 3. The perfect as a category\u003cbr\u003e 4. Sources of the perfect in Indo-European\u003cbr\u003e 5. The periphrastic perfect in Greek\u003cbr\u003e 6. The periphrastic perfect in Latin\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Charlemagne sprachbund and the periphrastic perfects\u003cbr\u003e 8. The core and peripheral features of romance languages\u003cbr\u003e 9. The early development of the perfect in the Germanic languages\u003cbr\u003e 10. The semantic shift of anterior to preterite\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Balkan perfects: grammaticalization and contact\u003cbr\u003e 12. Byzantium, orthodoxy, and old church Slavonic\u003cbr\u003e 13. The l-perfect in North Slavic\u003cbr\u003e 14. Updating the notion of sprachbund: new resultatives and the circum-Baltic 'stratified convergence zone'\u003cbr\u003e 15. The have resultative in Slavic and Baltic\u003cbr\u003e 16. Conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Grammar, syntax \u0026amp; morphology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Grammar, syntax \u0026amp; morphology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Grammar,%20syntax%20\u0026amp;%20morphology%20%5BCFK%5D%22\"\u003eCFK\u003c\/a\u003e], Historical \u0026amp; comparative linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical \u0026amp; comparative linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20\u0026amp;%20comparative%20linguistics%20%5BCFF%5D%22\"\u003eCFF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46019735093528,"sku":"9780521514934","price":101.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521514934i_46879855-ace0-4f04-9a8e-8898ec3c994c.jpg?v=1691383380","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/language-contact-in-europe-the-periphrastic-perfect-through-history-hardback-9780521514934","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}