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A History of East Baltic through Language Contact

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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 m...
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  • 13 December 2023
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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.
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Price: $167.00
Pages: 438
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date: 13 December 2023
ISBN: 9789004686465
Format: Hardcover
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Anthony Jakob, Ph.D. (2023), Leiden University, is a comparative linguist who specializes in palaeolinguistics and etymology with particular reference to the Baltic languages. He is also an emerging scholar in the field of Uralic linguistics and has presented on topics in this field at international fora.