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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hickey, Raymond, 1954-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003, ©2004.
Subjects:
Linguistic change.
Linguistic models.
Languages in contact.
Changement linguistique.
Modèles linguistiques.
Langues en contact.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Languages in contact
Linguistic change
Linguistic models
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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 issues in this field.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 286 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0511041276
9780511041273
0511047223
9780511047220
9780521793032
0521793033
9780511486937
0511486936
1280432993
9781280432996

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