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Salish Languages and Linguistics
Language: en
Pages: 589
Authors: Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-24 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

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TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas
Salish Applicatives
Language: en
Pages: 414
Authors: Kaoru Kiyosawa
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-06-14 - Publisher: BRILL

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This book offers a comprehensive view of the morphology, syntax, and semantics of applicatives in Salish, a language family of northwestern North America. Appli
Object and Absolutive in Halkomelem Salish (RLE Linguistics F: World Linguistics)
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Donna B. Gerdts
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-21 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book treats aspects of the syntax of Halkomelem, a Salish language spoken in southwestern British Columbia, specifically those constructions which involve
When Languages Die
Language: en
Pages: 305
Authors: K. David Harrison
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. Thi
Language Contact
Language: en
Pages: 431
Authors: Yaron Matras
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-10 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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Language contact occurs when speakers of different languages interact and their languages influence one another. Drawing on the author's own first-hand observat