Language or dialect? The history of a conceptual pair /

This book provides a historiographic study of the distinction between language and dialect, a puzzle which has long fascinated linguists and laypeople alike. It offers a comprehensive account of the intriguing and complex history of the language-dialect pair, and shows that its real origins can be f...

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Main Author: Van Rooy, Raf
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
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