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Understanding Language Change

Kate Burridge | Alexander Bergs
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comparative philology
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diachronic linguistics
Early Modern English
English Negation
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Fusional Languages
grammaticalisation processes
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historical linguistics
Historical Sociolinguistics
Inectional Morphology
introductory historical linguistics guide
Jespersen's Cycle
Jespersen’s Cycle
Kate Burridge
language change
language contact phenomena
Language_English
languages in contact
lexical change
Linguistic Change
Main Verb
morphosyntactic variation
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phonological evolution
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Regular Sound Change
semantic change
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Sound Change
Subordinate Clauses
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Tok Pisin
variation and change
Vice Versa
Word Formation
Word Formation Processes
Word Forms
Word Order Patterns
Word Order Typology

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415713399
  • Weight: 480g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 04 Nov 2016
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Description

The Understanding Language series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics. Ideal for students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, each book carefully explains the basics, emphasising understanding of the essential notions rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position.

Understanding Language Change offers a complete introduction to historical linguistics and language change. The book takes a step-by-step approach, first by introducing concepts through English examples and building on this with illustrations from other languages.

Key features of this introductory text include:

  • up to date and recent case studies at the end of each chapter
  • chapter summaries and exercises that feature a wide range of languages
  • coverage of application of historical linguistics in each chapter
  • glossary of terms

This book is essential reading for any students studying Historical Linguistics for the first time.
About Alexander Bergs | Kate Burridge
Kate Burridge is Professor and Chair of Linguistics at Monash University, Australia. Alexander Bergs is Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Osnabrück, Germany.

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