Borrowability and the notion of basic vocabulary

Diachronica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-246

  Tadmor, Uri ^a   Haspelmath, Martin ^a   Taylor, Bradley ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basic vocabulary; Borrowing; Language contact; Loanword; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958460557     PISSN: 01764225     EISSN: 15699714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/dia.27.2.04tad     Document Type: Article

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