Variation And Grammaticalization In The Developement Of Balkanisms
Variation And Grammaticalization In The Developement Of Balkanisms
Author(s): Victor A. FriedmanSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: SHKENCA Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë
Keywords: Balkan; Grammar ; Variation And Grammaticalization ; Developement Of Balkanisms; Albania
Summary/Abstract: As Thomason and Kaufrnann (1988: 95) have observed, the Balkan linguistic league is both a complex (or messy to use their terminology) and a much-studied example of language contact. The earliest effort at elucidating the similarities of structure engendered by multilinguism in this region was Kopitar's (1829), in which the author observed that the Slavic, Romance and Albanian dialects of what was then Turkey in Europe gave the impression of having a single grammar using different lexical material.
Journal: Studia Albanica
- Issue Year: XXXII/1999
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 095-110
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
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