How strong is the case for contact-induced grammatical restructuring in Quechuan?
Certain subbranches of Trans-Himalayan (Sino-Tibeto-Burman) stand out as islands of complexity in a Eurasian sea of simplicity (Bickel and Nichols 2013). Others show a radically simpler verbal system more consistent with their South and Southeast Asian neighbors. The complex systems include elaborat...
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Dartmouth College Library
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Linguistic Discovery |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.461 |