Matthias Pache
List of John Benjamins publications for which Matthias Pache plays a role.
Articles
2017 Chapter 17. Language diversity, contact and change in the Americas: The model of Filippo Salvatore Gilij (1721–1789) Language Contact and Change in Mesoamerica and Beyond, Dakin, Karen, Claudia Parodi and Natalie Operstein (eds.), pp. 355–383 | Chapter
Filippo Salvatore Gilij (1721–1789) was a Jesuit priest and scholar who is known in linguistic circles primarily as the discoverer of several South American language families and as an astute observer of various linguistic phenomena. In his Saggio di storia americana (1780–1784), Gilij focuses on… read more
2016 Words for ‘dog’ as a diagnostic of language contact in the Americas Language Contact and Change in the Americas: Studies in honor of Marianne Mithun, Berez-Kroeker, Andrea L., Diane M. Hintz and Carmen Dagostino (eds.), pp. 385–410 | Article
Words for ‘dog’ are frequently borrowed in several parts of the world, including the Americas. Often words for ‘dog’ are borrowed along with other lexical material. The study of the distribution of these borrowed words can serve as a first step towards the identification of evidence for linguistic… read more