Explaining Language Change
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Explaining Language Change
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Author : William Croft
language : en
Publisher: Pearson Education
Release Date : 2000
Explaining Language Change written by William Croft and has been published by Pearson Education this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
William Croft's text weaves together recent research findings from sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, grammatical change, pragmatics, social variation, language contact and genetic linguistics.
Understanding Language Change
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Author : Kate Burridge
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2016-11-03
Understanding Language Change written by Kate Burridge and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-11-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
2 Changes to the lexicon -- Introduction -- 2.1 Gaining words - lexical addition -- 2.1.1 Compounding -- 2.1.2 Affixation -- 2.1.3 Backformation -- 2.1.4 Conversion -- 2.1.5 Abbreviation -- 2.1.6 Acronyms -- 2.1.7 Blending -- 2.1.8 Commonization -- 2.1.9 Reduplication -- 2.1.10 Borrowing -- 2.1.11 Sound symbolism -- 2.1.12 A final word on the processes -- 2.2 Losing words - lexical mortality -- 2.2.1 Obsolescence -- 2.2.2 "Verbicide"--2.2.3 Reduction -- 2.2.4 Intolerable homonymy -- 2.3 Etymology - study of the origin of words -- Summary -- Further reading -- Exercises
Understanding Language Change
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Author : April M. S. McMahon
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1994-03-17
Understanding Language Change written by April M. S. McMahon and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-03-17 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This textbook analyses changes from every area of grammar and addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics.
On Explaining Language Change
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Author : Lass
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1980-03-13
On Explaining Language Change written by Lass and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-03-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Roger Lass is concerned about the nature of argumentation within linguistics and the status of its data and theoretical constructs. Through an examination of standard strategies of explanation in historical linguistics (particularly of phonological change), in the light of past approaches to scientific epistemology, Dr Lass convincingly demonstrates that attempts to model explanations of linguistic change on those of the physical sciences are failures both in practice and in principle. Linguists can neither assimilate their discipline crudely to the natural or the other human sciences nor, at the other extreme, shelter behind the notion of a private self-validating paradigm. Although Dr Lass outlines some tentative paths towards an alternative epistemology, his main concern is that linguists should confront the philosophical implications of their subject, and he raises questions which both linguists and philosophers will need to consider.
Language Change
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Author : Jean Aitchison
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2001
Language Change written by Jean Aitchison and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This is a lucid and up-to-date overview of language change. It discusses where our evidence about language change comes from, how and why changes happen, and how languages begin and end. It considers both changes which occurred long ago, and those currently in progress. It does this within the framework of one central question - is language change a symptom of progress or decay? It concludes that language is neither progressing nor decaying, but that an understanding of the factors surrounding change is essential for anyone concerned about language alteration. For this substantially revised third edition, Jean Aitchison has included two new chapters on change of meaning and grammaticalization. Sections on new methods of reconstruction and ongoing chain shifts in Britain and America have also been added as well as over 150 new references. The work remains non-technical in style and accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of linguistics.
Historical Linguistics And Language Change
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Author : Roger Lass
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1997-04-03
Historical Linguistics And Language Change written by Roger Lass and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-03 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Roger Lass offers a critical survey of the foundations of the art of historical linguistics.
Motives For Language Change
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Author : Raymond Hickey
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-01-16
Motives For Language Change written by Raymond Hickey and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-16 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This specially commissioned volume considers the processes involved in language change and the issues of how they can be modelled and studied. The way languages change offers an insight into the nature of language itself, its internal organisation, and how it is acquired and used. Accordingly, the phenomenon of language change has been approached from a variety of perspectives by linguists of many different orientations. This book, originally published in 2003, brings together an international team of leading figures from different areas of linguistics to re-examine some of the central issues in this field and also to discuss new proposals. The volume is arranged into sections, including grammaticalisation, the typological perspective, the social context of language change and contact-based explanations. It seeks to cover the subject as a whole, bearing in mind its relevance for the general analysis of language, and will appeal to a broad international readership.
On Explaining Language Change
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Author : Roger Lass
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
On Explaining Language Change written by Roger Lass and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with categories.
The Changing English Language
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Author : Marianne Hundt
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2017-07-20
The Changing English Language written by Marianne Hundt and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-20 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Experts from psycholinguistics and English historical linguistics address core factors in language change.
Language Change
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Author : Leiv E. Breivik
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2011-06-01
Language Change written by Leiv E. Breivik and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.