Loanwords in the world's languages :: a comparative handbook /

"This landmark publication in comparative linguistics is the first comprehensive work to address the general issue of what kinds of words tend to be borrowed from other languages. The authors have assembled a unique database of over 70,000 words from 40 languages from around the world, 18,000 o...

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Weitere Verfasser: Haspelmath, Martin, 1963- (HerausgeberIn), Tadmor, Uri, 1960- (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter Mouton, [2009]
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Zusammenfassung:"This landmark publication in comparative linguistics is the first comprehensive work to address the general issue of what kinds of words tend to be borrowed from other languages. The authors have assembled a unique database of over 70,000 words from 40 languages from around the world, 18,000 of which are loanwords. This database (http://loanwords.info) allows the authors to make empirically founded generalizations about general tendencies of word exchange among languages"--Provided by publisher.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxi, 1081 pages) : maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110218442
3110218445
1282714767
9781282714762
9786612714764
661271476X

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