This book considers how and why forms and meanings of different languages at different times may resemble each other. Its distinguished authors investigate the
"The authors range over Ancient Anatolia, Modern Anatolia, Australia, Amazonia, Oceania, Southeast and East Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The book includes an a
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 offers a study of long-term, intensive language contact between more than a dozen Mayan languages spoken in the lowlands of Guatemala, Southern Mexico
Felicity Meakins was awarded the Kenneth L. Hale Award 2021 by the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) for outstanding work on the documentation of endangered l