Patterns of Language : Structure, Variation, Change

Robbins Burling

ISBN 10: 0121449203 / ISBN 13: 9780121449209

Published by Brill Mär 1992, 1992

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Neuware - This book is a comprehensive advanced introduction to linguistics, unique in its integration of variation and change with the more structural or synchronic topics. It includes chapters on variation and change in lexicon, phonology, and syntax. It also covers the topics of pidgins and creoles, on first and second language acquisition, on the development of language in the human species, and on the growth of writing, printing in information technology and how these have affected, and continue to affect, language. Key features include: integration of variation and change; new treatment of functional and typological approaches to syntax; emphasis on the widest possible diversity of languages. It offers alternative ways of looking at language.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Patterns of Language : Structure, Variation, Change
• Publisher: Brill Mär 1992
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0121449203
• ISBN 13: 9780121449209
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 233W x 164H x 21D millimeters 233 millimeters width by 164 millimeters height by 21 millimeters depth
• Weight: 676 grams

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This book is a comprehensive advanced introduction to linguistics, unique in its integration of variation and change with the more structural or synchronic topics. It includes chapters on variation and change in lexicon, phonology, and syntax. It also covers the topics of pidgins and creoles, on first and second language acquisition, on the development of language in the human species, and on the growth of writing, printing in information technology and how these have affected, and continue to affect, language. Key features include: integration of variation and change; new treatment of functional and typological approaches to syntax; emphasis on the widest possible diversity of languages. It offers alternative ways of looking at language.

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This comprehensive introduction to linguistics is unique in its integration of variation and change with the more structural or synchronic topics. It includes chapters on variation and change in lexicon, phonology, and syntax. It also covers topics on pidgins and creoles, first and second language acquisition, development of language in the human species, growth of writing and printing in information technology, and how these have affected, and continue to affect, language.