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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101107020166

ISBN-139781107020160

eBay Product ID (ePID)201662015

Product Key Features

Number of Pages312 Pages

Publication NameLanguage Change

LanguageEnglish

SubjectLinguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General

Publication Year2015

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLanguage Arts & Disciplines

AuthorJoan Bybee

SeriesCambridge Textbooks in Linguistics Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight24.7 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2014-037873

Reviews"This book, written by someone who has been influential in shaping our understanding of phonological and grammatical processes, provides a new perspective on how the study of language change can be, and in my view should be, approached." Bernd Heine, University of Cologne

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal417/.7

Table Of Content1. The study of language change; 2. Sound change; 3. Sound change and phonological change in wider perspective; 4. The interaction of sound change with grammar; 5. Analogical change; 6. Grammaticalization: processes and mechanisms; 7. Common paths of grammaticalization; 8. Syntactic change: the development and change of constructions; 9. Lexical change: how languages get new words and how words change their meaning; 10. Comparison, reconstruction and typology; 11. Causes of language change: internal and external factors.

SynopsisThis 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 patterns of change, and brings together recent findings., 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.

LC Classification NumberP142 .B93 2015