Linguistic Universals and Language Change - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199298491 ISBN 13: 9780199298495

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

This book looks at the relationship between linguistic universals and language change. Reflecting the resurgence of work in both fields over the last two decades, it addresses two related issues of central importance in linguistics: the balance between synchronic and diachronic factors in accounting for universals of linguistic structure, and the means of distinguishing genuine aspects of a universal human cognitive capacity for language from regularities that may be traced to extraneous origins.

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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199298491
• ISBN 13: 9780199298495
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Good Jeff