Jessica Kantarovich

List of John Benjamins publications in which Jessica Kantarovich is involved.

Title

Reconstructing Non-Standard Languages: A socially-anchored approach

Lenore A. Grenoble and Jessica Kantarovich

Focusing on language contact involving Russian, and the linguistic varieties that emerged from that contact in different social settings, this book analyzes issues and methodologies in reconstructing both the linguistic effects of language contact and the social contexts of usage. In-depth analyses… read more

[IMPACT: Studies in Language, Culture and Society, 52] 2022. xv, 354 pp.

Article

Kantarovich, Jessica 2019 Alignment change in Chukotkan: Further exploration of the pathways to ergativity Diachronica 36:2, pp. 222–261 | Article

This paper examines current approaches to studying alignment change and the role of language contact in the spread of ergativity, using the Chukotkan languages as a case study. Chukotkan is exceptional in that there does not appear to be a single reanalysis pathway that can account for the… read more