Language Change

How and why do languages change? This new introduction offers a guide to the types of change...
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Author: Joan Bybee
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Language: English
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Language Change by Bybee, Joan

Language Change

$100.49

Language Change

$100.49
Author: Joan Bybee
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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.

Author: Joan Bybee
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 05/28/2015
Pages: 309
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.20w x 1.40d
ISBN: 9781107655829

About the Author
Bybee, Joan: - Joan Bybee is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico.

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