Linguistic Universals and Language Change

Zusatztext an excellent addition to the literature on universals and language change. Informationen zum Autor Jeff Good is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo. He was previously a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig. He has examined the relationship between grammatical patterns and language change in diverse languages, including Chechen, Saramaccan, Turkish, and languages of the Bantu family. His published work includes articles in Diachronica, Studies in Language, Lingua, and the Yearbook of Morphology. Klappentext In this book leading scholars examine and assess rival explanations for linguistic universals and the effectiveness of different models of language change. They illustrate their arguments with a very wide range of reference to the world's languages. Zusammenfassung In this book leading scholars examine and assess rival explanations for linguistic universals and the effectiveness of different models of language change. They illustrate their arguments with a very wide range of reference to the world's languages.

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Good
• Assisted by: Jeff Good (Editor), Good Jeff (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.01.2008
• EAN: 9780199298495
• ISBN: 978-0-19-929849-5
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 254 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Oxford Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Historical and comparative linguistics