Traces of Contact in the Lexicon : : Austronesian and Papuan Studies / / Marian Klamer and Francesca Moro.

"What can the languages spoken today tell us about the history of their speakers? This question is crucial in insular Southeast Asia and New Guinea, where thousands of languages are spoken, but written historical records and archaeological evidence is yet lacking in most regions. While the regi...

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Superior document:Brill Studies in Language Contact and the Dynamics of Language Series ; Volume 4.
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands : : Koninklijke Brill nv,, [2023]
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Year of Publication:2023
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:Brill studies in skepticism ; Volume 4.
Physical Description:1 online resource (452 pages)
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Summary:"What can the languages spoken today tell us about the history of their speakers? This question is crucial in insular Southeast Asia and New Guinea, where thousands of languages are spoken, but written historical records and archaeological evidence is yet lacking in most regions. While the region has a long history of contact through trade, marriage exchanges, and cultural-political dominance, detailed linguistic studies of the effects of such contacts remain limited. This volume investigates how loanwords can prove past contact events, taking into consideration ten different regions located in the Philippines, Eastern Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and New Guinea. Each chapter studies borrowing across the borders of language families, and discusses implications for the social history of the speech communities"--
ISBN:9004529454
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Marian Klamer and Francesca Moro.