Language Contact and Linguistic Change in the Chaco

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ID4931475
AuthorsLyle Campbell (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume5
Issue2
Pages259-291
Publication date2013-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2176-834X • E-ISSN: 2317-1375
PublisherBiblioteca Central da UNB (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.26512/rbla.v5i2.16268
OpenAlexW2289516836
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

The goals of this paper are to examine several aspects oflanguage contact involving languages of the Chaco region. More specifically,I discuss changes that are unexpected in situations of intensive contact; Iconsider possible explanations for resistance to lexical borrowing; I addressthe implications of language contact in these Chaco languages for claims aboutchange in language contact situations in general; I evaluate claims regardingmixed languages in the region; and I investigate diffused linguistic traits in theChaco and determine whether the Chaco is a linguistic area

Language change · Language contact · Linguistic change · Linguistics · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

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