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Why do some languages wither and die, while others prosper and spread? Around the turn of the millennium a number of archaeologists such as Colin Renfrew and Peter Bellwood made the controversial claim that many of the world?s major language families owe their dispersal to the adoption of agriculture by their early speakers. In this volume, their proposal is reassessed by linguists, investigating to what extent the economic dependence on plant cultivation really impacted language spread in various parts of the world. Special attention is paid to "tricky" language families such as Eskimo-Aleut, Quechua, Aymara, Bantu, Indo-European, Transeurasian, Turkic, Japano-Koreanic, Hmong-Mien and Trans-New Guinea, that cannot unequivocally be regarded as instances of farming/language dispersal, even if subsistence played a role in their expansion.

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Genealogical linguistics and areal linguistics are rarely treated from an integrated perspective even if they are twin faces of diachronic linguistics. In Copies versus Cognates in Bound Morphology Lars Johanson and Martine Robbeets take up this challenge. The result is a wealth of empirical facts and different theoretical approaches, advanced by internationally renowned specialists and young scholars whose research is highly pertinent to the topic. Copies versus Cognates in Bound Morphology puts genealogical and areal explanation for shared morphology in a balanced perspective and works out criteria to distinguish between morphological cognates and copies. Lars Johanson and Martine Robbeets provide nothing less than the foundations for a new perspective on diachronic linguistics between genealogical and areal linguistics. Contributors include: Alexandra Aikhenvald, Ad Backus, Dik Bakker, Peter Bakker, Éva Csató, Stig Eliasson, Victor Friedman, Francesco Gardani, Anthony Grant, Salomé Gutiérrez-Morales, Tooru Hayasi, Ewald Hekking, Juha Janhunen, Lars Johanson, Brian Joseph, Folke Josephson, Judith Josephson, Johanna Nichols, Martine Robbeets, Marshall Unger, Nikki van de Pol, Anna Verschik, Lindsay Whaley

Comparative linguistics. --- Cognate words. --- Areal linguistics. --- Linguistic universals. --- Languages in contact. --- Language spread. --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Morphology (Linguistics) --- Prefixes --- Suffixes and prefixes --- Diffusion of language --- Language and languages --- Language diffusion --- Spread of language --- Sociolinguistics --- Areal linguistics --- Universals (Linguistics) --- Linguistics --- Typology (Linguistics) --- Comparative philology --- Philology, Comparative --- Historical linguistics --- Area linguistics --- Geolinguistics --- Suffixes and prefixes. --- Morphology. --- Affixes --- Diffusion --- Spread --- Universals --- Cognate words --- Etymology --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative and general Morphology --- Morphology

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The essays in this volume explore questions relating to human dispersals and exchange across the varied environments of Eurasia. Part One focuses on the Neolithic and how agriculture led to new adaptive niches for human societies. This process involved population and linguistic expansion, but could also be expressed through exploitation of the environment in new ways. In Part Two, the emphasis shifts to exchange between east and west across Eurasia in the Bronze Age and Middle Ages. Chapters in the book discuss topics as varied as Jmon plant cultivation, linguistic borrowings by agropastoral groups, the spread of gold and silverwares across the steppes, and customs related to feasting in medieval northern China. The volume will be of interest to archaeologists and historical linguists alike, particularly those working on long-term social change across Eurasia

Agriculture --- Cultural relations --- Language and languages --- History --- Historical linguistics --- Neolithic period. --- Bronze age --- Archaeology, Medieval --- History. --- China --- Eurasia --- Antiquities --- Antiquities. --- Languages.