Language Change
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Word Count
77,250 words, Guess
Page Count
309 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-10110765582X
- ISBN-139781107655829
- Library of Congress Control Number2014037873
- OCLC Control Number892055900
- Better World Books9781107655829
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL27726863M
Classifications
- LCCP142.B93 2015
- LCCP142 .B93 2015
Description
"How and why do languages change? This new introduction offers a guide to the types of change at all levels of linguistic structure, as well as the mechanisms behind each type. Based on data from a variety of methods and a huge array of language families, it examines general patterns of change, bringing together recent findings on sound change, analogical change, grammaticalization, the creation and change of constructions, as well as lexical change. Emphasizing crosslinguistic patterns and going well beyond traditional methods in historical linguistics, this book sees change as grounded in cognitive processes and usage factors that are rarely mentioned in other textbooks. Complete with questions for discussion, suggested readings and a useful glossary of terms, this book helps students to gain a general understanding of language as an ever-changing system"--Publisher.
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