Historical Linguistics

Name: Historical Linguistics
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ISBN: 9780521291880

ISBN-10: 0521291887

ISBN-13: 9780521291880

Edition: 1977

Authors: Theodora Bynon, S. R. Anderson, J. Bresnan, B. Comrie, W. Dressler

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Historical Linguistics is concerned with the process of language change through time. It investigates how and why the language of individuals, a social group or a whole 'speech community' develops in respect of its pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Dr Bynon regards language as essentially a dynamic phenomenon, whose character can be at best only partly understood by a static, and necessarily idealized, synchronic approach. In Part I she establishes the theoretical framework by providing a systematic survey of the three main models of language development - the neogrammarian, structuralist, and transformational generative. Examples drawn substantially from English and German, but also…

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List price: $59.99
Copyright year: 1977
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 9/15/1977
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



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Preface


Introduction



Models of Language Development



The neogrammarian model



The structuralist model of language evolution



The transformational-generative model of language evolution



Language Contact



The neogrammarian postulates and dialect geography



The social motivation of language change



Contact between languages



Language and prehistory


Further reading


References


Additional bibliography


Index