How new languages emerge /

"New languages are constantly emerging, as existing languages diverge into different forms. To explain this fascinating process, we need to understand how languages change and how they emerge in children. In this pioneering study, David Lightfoot explains how languages come into being. He explo...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Lightfoot, David, 1945- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Sujets:
Linguistic change.
Language acquisition.
Language and languages > Variation.
Changement linguistique.
Langage > Acquisition.
Variation (Linguistique)
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Ancient Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Historical & Comparative.
Language acquisition
Language and languages > Variation
Linguistic change
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 1. Internal languages and the outside world
  • 2. Traditional language change
  • 3. Some properties of language organs
  • 4. Languages emerging in children
  • 5. New E-language cuing new I-languages
  • 6. The use and variation of grammars
  • 7. The eruption of new grammars
  • 8. A new historical linguistics.

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