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Scribes as Agents of Language Change

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  • ISBN 9781614510505
  • Weight: 629g
  • Dimensions: 155 x 230mm
  • Publication Date: 15 Mar 2013
  • Publisher: De Gruyter
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
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The majority of our evidence for language change in pre-modern times comes from the written output of scribes. The present volume deals with a variety of aspects of language change and focuses on the role of scribes. The individual articles, which treat different theoretical and empirical issues, reflect a broad cross-linguistic and cross-cultural diversity. The languages that are represented cover a broad spectrum, and the empirical data come from a wide range of sources. This book provides a wealth of new data and new perspectives on old problems, and it raises new questions about the actual mechanisms of language change.
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Esther-Miriam Wagner, Cambridge University, UK; Ben Outhwaite, Cambridge University, UK; Bettina Beinhoff, Anglia Ruskin University, UK