The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics

A thoroughly informed look at the treatment of language contact and change in key areas across the world.

Raymond Hickey (Edited by)

9781107051614, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 April 2017

1032 pages, 83 b/w illus.
25.5 x 18.2 x 5.3 cm, 2.18 kg

'The volume provides a balanced introduction to the rapidly developing field of areal linguistics while at the same time highlighting its connection and interdependence with related research fields. Many of the chapters offer ample bibliographical orientation and make good use of maps, enhancing the volume's usefulness as a research tool for understanding the multifaceted phenomenon of linguistic areality. The volume is expected to stimulate further research on areal and contact linguistics and to be of interest to a range of students and scholars interested in language contact, linguistic typology, historical linguistics, and related fields.' Natalie Operstein, LINGUIST List

Providing a contemporary and comprehensive look at the topical area of areal linguistics, this book looks systematically at different regions of the world whilst presenting a focussed and informed overview of the theory behind research into areal linguistics and language contact. The topicality of areal linguistics is thoroughly documented by a wealth of case studies from all major regions of the world and, with chapters from scholars with a broad spectrum of language expertise, it offers insights into the mechanisms of external language change. With no book currently like this on the market, The Cambridge Handbook of Areal Linguistics will be welcomed by students and scholars working on the history of language families, documentation and classification, and will help readers to understand the key area of areal linguistics within a broader linguistic context.

Preface
1. Areas, areal features and areality Raymond Hickey
Part I. Issues in Areal Linguistics: 2. Why is it so hard to define a linguistic area? Lyle Campbell
3. Areas and universals Balthasar Bickel
4. Reassessing sprachbunds: a view from the Balkans Victor A. Friedman and Brian D. Joseph
5. Areal sound patterns: from perceptual magnets to stone soup Juliette Blevins
6. Convergence and divergence in the phonology of the languages of Europe Thomas Stolz and Nataliya Levkovych
7. Word prominence and areal linguistics Harry van der Hulst, Rob Goedemans and Keren Rice
8. Semantic patterns from an areal perspective Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm and Henrik Liljegren
Part II. Case Studies for Areal Linguistics: 9. The Germanic languages and areal linguistics Johan van der Auwera and Daniël Van Olmen
10. Britain and Ireland Raymond Hickey
11. Varieties of English Bernd Kortmann and Verena Schröter
12. Slavic languages Alan Timberlake
13. The Caucasus Sven Grawunder
14. Western Asia Geoffrey Haig
15. An areal view of Africa Bernd Heine and Anne-Maria Fehn
16. Areal contact in Nilo-Saharan Gerrit Dimmendaal
17. Niger-Congo languages Jeff Good
18. The Kalahari Basin area as a 'sprachbund' before the Bantu expansion Tom Güldemann and Anne-Maria Fehn
19. South Africa and areal linguistics Rajend Mesthrie
20. Jharkhand as a 'linguistic area' John Peterson
21. Sri Lanka and South India Umberto Ansaldo
22. The Transeurasian languages Martine Robbeets
23. The changing profile of case marking in the northeastern Siberia area Gregory D. S. Anderson
24. Languages of China in their East and Southeast Asian context Hilary Chappell
25. Language in the mainland Southeast Asia area N. J. Enfield
26. Southeast Asian tone in areal perspective James Kirby and Marc Brunelle
27. The areal linguistics of Australia Louisa Miceli and Alan Dench
28. Languages of the New Guinea region Malcolm Ross
29. Languages of Eastern Melanesia Paul Geraghty
30. The Western Micronesian Sprachbund Anthony P. Grant
31. Native North American languages Marianne Mithun
32. The areal linguistics of Amazonia Patience Epps and Lev Michael
33. Linguistic areas, linguistic convergence, and river systems in South America Pieter Muysken, Joshua Birchall, Rik van Gijn, Olga Krasnouhova and Neele Müller.

Subject Areas: Grammar, syntax & morphology [CFK]