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 Principles of Linguistic Change, Volume I, Internal Factors
ISBN: 978-0-631-17914-6
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676 pages
July 1994, Wiley-Blackwell
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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
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