| Description |
1 online resource (420 pages) |
| Series |
Longman Linguistics Library |
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Longman linguistics library.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Notes on the Contributors; Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Parameters of syntactic change: a notional view; 2 Change and metatheory at the beginning of the 1990s: the primacy of history; 3 Typology and reconstruction; 4 On the phonetic basis of phonological change; 5 Internally and externally motivated change in language contact settings: doubts about dichotomy; 6 How real(ist) are reconstructions?; 7 Why UG needs a learning theory: triggering verb movement; 8 On the social origins of language change |
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9 The phonetics of sound change10 Nicaraguan English in history; 11 Language change as language improvement; 12 Bidirectional diffusion in sound change; Index |
| Summary |
The contributors to this volume cover the international range of scholarship in the field of Historical Linguistics, as well as some of its major themes. The work and ideas they discuss are relevant not only to other aspects of Historical Linguistics but also to more general developments in linguistic theory. Along with Professor Jones' Introduction, their comments provide a major overview of Historical Linguistics that will be the reference point for its development for many years to come and form an important contribution to general theories of linguistic behaviour |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317899006 |
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1317899008 |
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