The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language
families, including Indo-European, Kartvelian, Semitic, and Turkic,
but share numerous features on account of being in areal contact
over many centuries. This volume presents descriptions of the
modern languages, contributed by leading specialists, and evaluates
similarities across the languages that may have arisen by areal
contact. It begins with an introductory chapter presenting an
overview of the various genetic groupings in the region and
summarizing some of the significant features and issues relating to
language contact. In the core of the volume the presentation of the
languages is divided into five contact areas, which include (i)
eastern Anatolia and northwestern Iran, (ii) northern Iraq, (iii)
western Iran, (iv) the Caspian region and south Azerbaijan, and (v)
the Caucasian rim and southern Black Sea coast. Each section
contains chapters devoted to the languages of the area preceded by
an introductory section that highlights significant contact
phenomena. The volume is rounded off by an appendix with basic
lexical items across a selection of the languages. The handbook
features contributions by Erik Anonby, Denise Bailey, Christiane
Bulut, David Erschler, Geoffrey Haig, Geoffrey Khan, Rene Lacroix,
Parvin Mahmoudveysi, Hrach Martirosyan, Ludwig Paul, Stephan
Prochazka, Laurentia Schreiber, Don Stilo, Mortaza Taheri-Ardali,
Christina van der Wal Anonby.
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