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The dialect laboratory : dialects as a testing ground for theories of language change /
Much theorizing in language change research is made without taking into account dialect data. Yet, dialects seem to be superior data to build a theory of linguistic change on, since dialects are relatively free of standardization and therefore more tolerant of variant competition in grammar. In addi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
2012.
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| Colección: | Studies in language companion series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Much theorizing in language change research is made without taking into account dialect data. Yet, dialects seem to be superior data to build a theory of linguistic change on, since dialects are relatively free of standardization and therefore more tolerant of variant competition in grammar. In addition, as compared to most cross-linguistic and diachronic data, dialect data are unusually high in resolution. This book shows that the study of dialect variation has indeed the potential, perhaps even the duty, to play a central role in the process of finding answers to fundamental questions of the. |
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| Notas: | 1.2 Intermediate or unstable stages and general linguistics. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027273475 9027273472 9789027205957 9027205957 1283539470 9781283539470 9786613851925 6613851922 |