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Understanding language change / April M. S. McMahon.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.Description: xi, 361 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521441196
  • 0521446651
ISSN:
  • 9780521446655
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • P142 .M38
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Three views of sound change -- 3. Sound change 2: the implementation problem -- 4. Morphological change -- 5. Syntactic change 1: the Transparency Principle -- 6. Word order change and grammaticalisation: language change and general laws -- 7. Semantic and lexical change -- 8. Language contact -- 9. Linguistic variation -- 10. Pidgins and creoles -- 11. Language death -- 12. Linguistic evolution?
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Books Methodist University Library Main General Stacks Reference P142 .M38 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 26250

Includes Index

1. Introduction --
2. Three views of sound change --
3. Sound change 2: the implementation problem --
4. Morphological change --
5. Syntactic change 1: the Transparency Principle --
6. Word order change and grammaticalisation: language change and general laws --
7. Semantic and lexical change --
8. Language contact --
9. Linguistic variation --
10. Pidgins and creoles --
11. Language death --
12. Linguistic evolution?

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