Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in pa

Is Africa a linguistic area (Heine & Leyew 2008)? The present volume consists of sixteen papers highlighting the linguistic geography of Africa, covering, in pa

The contributors to this collection address issues of definition and theory of linguistic areas, analyze the process of convergence, and introduce methods to as

This book brings together three perspectives on language and space that are quite well-researched within themselves, but which so far are lacking productive int

From linguistic areas to areal linguistics explores language description and typology in terms of areal background, presenting case studies in areal linguistics