This book looks at the relationship between linguistic universals
and language change. Reflecting the resurgence of work in both
fields over the last two decades, it addresses two related issues
of central importance in linguistics: the balance between
synchronic and diachronic factors in accounting for universals of
linguistic structure, and the means of distinguishing genuine
aspects of a universal human cognitive capacity for language from
regularities that may be traced to extraneous origins. The volume
brings together specially commissioned work by leading scholars,
including prominent representatives of generative and functional
linguistics. It examines rival explanations for linguistic
universals and assesses the effectiveness of competing models of
language change. The authors investigate patterns and processes of
grammatical and lexical change across a wide range of languages;
they consider the degree to which common characteristics condition
processes of change in related languages; and examine how far
differences in linguistic outcomes may be explained by cultural or
external factors. This book will interest the wide range of
scholars in linguistics and related fields concerned with language
change, historical linguistics, linguistic typology and universals,
and the nature of the human language faculty
General
| Imprint: |
Oxford UniversityPress
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
2008 |
| First published: |
March 2008 |
| Editors: |
Jeff Good
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| Dimensions: |
254 x 179 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
356 |
| Edition: |
New |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-19-929849-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
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| LSN: |
0-19-929849-1 |
| Barcode: |
9780199298495 |
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