Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 292 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781139096768
Series Statement:
Cambridge textbooks in linguistics
Content:
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.
Note:
Hier auch spätere, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 272-284
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107655829
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107020160
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bybee, Joan L., 1945 - Language change Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2015 ISBN 9781107655829
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781107020160
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Sprachwandel
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139096768
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