Multiple Causation in Language Contact Change [electronic resource] / Brian D. Joseph.

Analysis of a specific language change--the loss of the Balkan infinitive--demonstrates the inadequacy of either a language-internal or a language-contact explanation in accounting for the change. A composite explanation, in which the infinitive-loss process is explained through multiple causation,...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Joseph, Brian D.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1981.
Subjects:	Grammar. Indo European Languages. Language Role. Linguistic Borrowing. Pidgins. Sociolinguistics.