Scribes as Agents of Language Change

The majority of our evidence for language change in pre-modern times comes from the written output of scribes. The present volume deals with a variety of aspects of language change and focuses on the role of scribes. The individual articles, which treat different theoretical and empirical issues, reflect a broad cross-linguistic and cross-cultural diversity. The languages that are represented cover a broad spectrum, and the empirical data come from a wide range of sources. This book provides a wealth of new data and new perspectives on old problems, and it raises new questions about the actual mechanisms of language change.

Détails du produit

• Collaboration: Bettina Beinhoff (Editeur), Ben Outhwaite (Editeur), Esther-Miriam Wagner (Editeur)
• Edition: De Gruyter
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 15.03.2013
• EAN: 9781614510505
• ISBN: 978-1-61451-050-5
• Pages: 328
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 23 mm x 235 mm
• Poids: 626 g
• Illustrations: 33 b/w tbl., 3 b/w img., 20 b/w ld, Num. figs. and tabs.
• Thème: Studies in Language Change [SLC]
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique générale et comparée