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Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3

Author : William Labov
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405112158
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume 3 written by William Labov and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the world-renowned pioneer in the field of modern sociolinguistics, this volume examines the cognitive and cultural factors responsible for linguistic change, tracing the life history of these developments, from triggering events to driving forces and endpoints. Explores the major insights obtained by combining sociolinguistics with the results of dialect geography on a large scale Examines the cognitive and cultural influences responsible for linguistic change Demonstrates under what conditions dialects diverge from one another Establishes an essential distinction between transmission within the community and diffusion across communities Completes Labov’s seminal Principles of Linguistic Change trilogy

Explanation and Linguistic Change

Author : Willem F. Koopman
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027235392
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Explanation and Linguistic Change by : Willem F. Koopman

Download or read book Explanation and Linguistic Change written by Willem F. Koopman and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1987 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the outcome of a workshop, held in Amsterdam in 1985, on the nature, even possibility, of explanation in Historical Linguistics: why changes take place and others do not, and why they occur at a particular time and place. The workshop, and this volume, aim to explore questions such as i) are the factors which explain the actuation of a change different from those that explain its implementation?; ii) is it possible to give a typology of changes?; iii) should linguistic explanation hope to meet the same requirements as explanation in the pure sciences?; iv) are all linguistic changes necessarily the product of variation?; v) should there be a formal theory of change apart from a general thoery of grammar?

Language Change

Author : Joan Bybee
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107020166
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Language Change written by Joan Bybee and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new introduction explores all aspects of language change, with an emphasis on the role of cognition and language use.

Competing Models of Linguistic Change

Author : Ole Nedergaard Thomsen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027247943
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Competing Models of Linguistic Change by : Ole Nedergaard Thomsen

Download or read book Competing Models of Linguistic Change written by Ole Nedergaard Thomsen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles of this volume are centered around two competing views on language change originally presented at the 2003 International Conference on Historical Linguistics in the two important plenary papers by Henning Andersen and William Croft. The latter proposes an evolutionary model of language change within a domain-neutral model of a 'generalized analysis of selection', whereas Henning Andersen takes it that cultural phenomena could not possibly be handled, i.e. observed, described, understood, in the same way as natural phenomena. These papers are models of succinct presentation of important theoretical framework. The other papers present and discuss additional models of change, e.g. invisible hand-processes, system-internal models, functional and cognitive models. Most papers do not subscribe to the evolutionary model; instead, they focus on functional factors in the selection and propagation of variants (as opposed to factors of code efficiency), or on cognitive and pragmatic perspectives. Several papers are inspired by the late Eugenio Coseriu and by Henning Andersen's theories on language change. In particular, the volume contains articles proposing interesting grammaticalization studies and extended models of grammaticalization. The clear presentation of important and competing approaches to fundamental questions concerning language change will be of high interest for scholars and students working in the field of diachrony and typology. The languages referred to in the papers include Cantonese, the Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages, Danish, English, Eskimo languages, German, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish.

Sociolinguistic Typology

Author : Peter Trudgill
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199604347
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Sociolinguistic Typology written by Peter Trudgill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers how far social factors explain why human societies produce different kinds of language at different times and places and why some languages and dialects get simpler while others get more complex. It does so in the context of a wide range of languages and societies.

Words Matter

Author : Sally McConnell-Ginet
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108427219
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Words Matter written by Sally McConnell-Ginet and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-27 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring current and historical concrete examples and minimising technical vocabulary, Words Matter is for all interested in examining ideas about language and its connections to social conflict and change. Accessible to general readers, the book will also be useful in linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, or other classes featuring language.

Formulaic Language and Linguistic Change

Author : Andreas Buerki
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110880098X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Formulaic Language and Linguistic Change by : Andreas Buerki

Download or read book Formulaic Language and Linguistic Change written by Andreas Buerki and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A substantial proportion of our everyday language is 'formulaic', that is, it consists of oft-repeated chunks. From pause fillers such as you know, to phrases such as Many thanks!, Is this seat taken? or strong tea, they form a phenomenon central in language. This important new book investigates formulaic language from the point of view of language change. Employing a novel quantitative and data-led approach, it traces and analyses change in phraseology across 20th Century German as used in Switzerland. Drawing on nearly 20 million words of textual evidence, it shows that social and cultural change in the speech community is the predominant motivator of change, though other factors are also at play. The book demonstrates a close link between language change and the culture of the speech community, arguing that this has repercussions for the study of language in general, as well as the study of society and history.

Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology

Author : Philip Baldi
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 311088609X
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology by : Philip Baldi

Download or read book Linguistic Change and Reconstruction Methodology written by Philip Baldi and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Understanding Language Change

Author : Kate Burridge
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315463008
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Language Change written by Kate Burridge and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Constructions and Language Change

Author : Alexander Bergs
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110211750
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Constructions and Language Change written by Alexander Bergs and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2008-11-03 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies in diachronic linguistics increasingly acknowledge that linguistic change is highly context-dependent and somehow tied to constructions as linguistic units. This is the first volume to investigate the role of constructions and the potential of constructional approaches in linguistic change. The contributions in this volume comprise both theoretical and empirical studies, all of which are accessible for a general audience. While some contributions explicitly aim at comparing and unifying concepts from both traditional grammatical theories and recent construction grammar approaches, others offer detailed case studies of exemplary problems from a constructional point of view. The papers offer a cross-linguistic perspective and deal with a number of different language families, ranging from Germanic to Austronesian.

Linguistic Variation and Change

Author : Scott F. Kiesling
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 074863763X
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Variation and Change written by Scott F. Kiesling and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of variation and change is at the heart of the sociolinguistics. Providing a wide survey of the field, this textbook is organised around three constraints on variation: linguistic structure, social structure and identity, and social and linguistic perception. By considering both structure and meaning, Scott F. Kiesling examines the most important issues surrounding variation theory, including canonical studies and terms as well as challenges to them.

Linguistic Change and Generative Theory

Author : Robert P. Stockwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Change and Generative Theory written by Robert P. Stockwell and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Watching English Change

Author : Laurie Bauer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317894057
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Watching English Change written by Laurie Bauer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the ways language has changed in the twentieth century. It concentrates on standard English and takes a historical rather than sociolinguistic view of the changes which have occurred.

Actualization

Author : Henning Andersen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027237263
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Actualization written by Henning Andersen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers consolidates the observation that linguistic change typically is actualized step by step: any structural innovation being introduced, accepted, and generalized, over time, in one grammatical environment after another, in a progression that can be understood by reference to the markedness values and the ranking of the conditioning features. The Introduction to the volume and a chapter by Henning Andersen clarify the theoretical bases for this observation, which is exemplified and discussed in separate chapters by Kristin Bakken, Alexander Bergs and Dieter Stein, Vit Bubenik, Ulrich Busse, Marianne Mithun, Lene Schosler, and John Charles Smith in the light of data from the histories of Norwegian, English, Hindi, Northern Iroquoian, and Romance. A final chapter by Michael Shapiro adds a philosophical perspective. The papers were first presented in a workshop on "Actualization Patterns in Linguistic Change" at the XIV International Conference on Historical Linguistics, Vancouver, B.C. in 1999.

Linguistic Change and the Great Vowel Shift in English

Author : Patricia M. Wolfe
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520361369
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Change and the Great Vowel Shift in English written by Patricia M. Wolfe and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-02-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1972.

Language Creation and Language Change

Author : Michel DeGraff
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
ISBN 13 : 9780262041683
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book Language Creation and Language Change written by Michel DeGraff and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1999 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research on creolization, language change, and language acquisition has been converging toward a triangulation of the constraints along which grammatical systems develop within individual speakers--and (viewed externally) across generations of speakers. The originality of this volume is in its comparison of various sorts of language development from a number of linguistic-theoretic and empirical perspectives, using data from both speech and gestural modalities and from a diversity of acquisition environments. In turn, this comparison yields fresh insights on the mental bases of language creation.The book is organized into five parts: creolization and acquisition; acquisition under exceptional circumstances; language processing and syntactic change; parameter setting in acquisition and through creolization and language change; and a concluding part integrating the contributors' observations and proposals into a series of commentaries on the state of the art in our understanding of language development, its role in creolization and diachrony, and implications for linguistic theory.Contributors : Dany Adone, Derek Bickerton, Adrienne Bruyn, Marie Coppola, Michel DeGraff, Viviane D�prez, Alison Henry, Judy Kegl, David Lightfoot, John S. Lumsden, Salikoko S. Mufwene, Pieter Muysken, Elissa L. Newport, Luigi Rizzi, Ian Roberts, Ann Senghas, Rex A. Sprouse, Denise Tangney, Anne Vainikka, Barbara S. Vance, Maaike Verrips.

Language Change

Author : Leiv E. Breivik
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 311085306X
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Language Change written by Leiv E. Breivik and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.