The Ecology of Language Evolution (Paperback)

This major new work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic linguistics. Written by an internationally renowned linguist, the book surveys a wide range of examples of changes in the structure, function and vitality of languages, and suggests that similar ecologies have played the same kinds of roles in all cases of language evolution. The Ecology of Language Evolution will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociolinguistics, creolistics, theoretical linguistics and theories of evolution.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact
Release date:	August 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Salikoko S. Mufwene
Dimensions:	229 x 154 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	255
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-79475-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics
LSN:	0-521-79475-7
Barcode:	9780521794756

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