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A History of East Baltic through Language Contact

The East Baltic languages are well known for their conservative phonology as compared to other Indo-European languages, which has led to a stereotype that the Balts developed in isolation without much contact with other speech communities. This book challenges that view, taking a deep dive into the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jakob, Anthony
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Brill 2023
Subjects:
Thema Editeur::c Language And Linguistics::cf Linguistics::cff Historical And Comparative Linguistics
Substrate Words
Homelands
Uralic
Balto-slavic
Palaeolinguistics
Lexicon
Migration
Borrowings
Etymology
Loanword
Linguistic Substrates
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Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The East Baltic languages are well known for their conservative phonology as compared to other Indo-European languages, which has led to a stereotype that the Balts developed in isolation without much contact with other speech communities. This book challenges that view, taking a deep dive into the East Baltic lexicon and peeling away the layers of prehistoric borrowings in the process. As well as significant contact events with known languages, the lexicon also reveals evidence of contact with unattested languages from which previous populations must have shifted.
Item Description:Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
ISBN:9789004686465
9789004686472

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