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Motives for language change /

The way languages change offers an insight into the nature of language itself. This specially commissioned volume considers the processes involved in language change and how they can be modelled and studied. In it, leading figures from different branches of linguistics re-examine some of the central...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hickey, Raymond, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Notes on the contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I The phenomenon of language change; Part II Linguistic models and language change; Part III Grammaticalisation; Part IV The social context for language change; Part V Contact-based explanations; Part VI The typological perspective; Index.