Brian D. Joseph, Victor A. Friedman

The Balkan Languages

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Covering the full extent of the languages in the Balkan convergence zone, this groundbreaking volume provides the first comprehensive, book-length survey on the Balkan languages in English. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the Balkan languages. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 1116
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780521553490
• ISBN-10: 0521553490
• Artikelnr.: 71910151

Autorenporträt

Victor A. Friedman is Andrew W. Mellon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago and Honorary Associate at La Trobe University. Notable publications include Turkish in Macedonia and Beyond (2003), Studies on Albanian and Other Balkan Languages (2008), and Macedonian Studies II (2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
User's guide to this book
Introduction
1. The Balkan Peninsula and its languages
2. History of Balkan linguistics
3. Concepts, theories, methods
4. The Lexicon
5. Phonology
6. Morphology and morphosyntax: the fate of inflection and the formation of paradigms
7. Syntax
8. Conclusion: summation, causation and the future (and some definitional issues)
Envoi.