Language change and linguistic theory. Volume I, Approaches, methodology, and sound change /
This book investigates a large range of changes and their motivations in all parts of the grammar and lexicon. The core argument is that, in the absence of a Grand Unification Theory in linguistics, a natural language changes. Changes occur in successive formal grammars.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2011.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book investigates a large range of changes and their motivations in all parts of the grammar and lexicon. The core argument is that, in the absence of a Grand Unification Theory in linguistics, a natural language changes. Changes occur in successive formal grammars. |
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| Item Description: | "Oxford scholarship online." Title from home page (viewed Jan. 10, 2011). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199583423 0199583420 9780191723438 0191723436 |