Principles of Linguistic Change, Vol. 1: Internal Factors (Language in Society, No. 20)

Labov, William

ISBN 10: 0631179143 / ISBN 13: 9780631179146

Verlag: Blackwell Publishers, 1994

Beschreibung

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Principles of Linguistic Change, Vol. 1: Internal Factors (Language in Society, No. 20)
• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1994
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0631179143
• ISBN-13: 9780631179146
• Einband: Softcover
• Zustand: good

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

This book develops the general principles of linguistic change that form the foundations of historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics. 

• Demonstrates the social as well as cognitive relevance of linguistic research
• Shows that rapid linguistic change is in progress in the cities of America and England so that urban dialects are becoming more and more differentiated
• Discusses factors that govern the internal development of linguistic structures: the mechanisms of change, the constraints on change, and the ways in which change is embedded in the larger linguistic system

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

William Labov is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.