The Genesis of Sri Lanka Malay

A Case of Extreme Language Contact
Herausgeber: Nordhoff, Sebastian

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Produktbeschreibung

Sri Lanka Malay shows extreme language contact: Malay phonology and lexicon are squared with clearly Indian morphosyntax and semantics. Historical, anthropological, typological and structural approaches shed light on the complex genesis and rapid evolution of this language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 635g
• ISBN-13: 9789004234130
• ISBN-10: 9004234136
• Artikelnr.: 36911205

Autorenporträt

Sebastian Nordhoff, Ph. D. (2009), University of Amsterdam, is postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Insitute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig. He works on languages of Sri Lanka, language contact, and Linguistic Linked Open Data. Next to his reference grammar of Sri Lanka Malay, he has published on its synchrony and diachrony. Contributors include Peter Bakker, James W. Gair, Mohamed Jaffar, Sebastian Nordhoff, Romola Rassool, Peter Slomanson, and Ian Smith.