Patterns of language: structure, variation, change

by Burling, Robbins

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Title Statements

Full title :Patterns of language : structure, variation, change / Robbins Burling.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1992.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:San Diego
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1992.

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 461 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0121449203, 9780121449209
oclc:ocm24320122
LC Classification:P106
Dewey Decimal:410

The uses of language -- pt. 1. Words. Meaning and the lexicon -- Morphology -- Lexical variation and change -- pt. 2. Sounds. Phonetics -- Phonology -- Phonological variation -- Variation through time: phonological change -- pt. 3. Sentences. Generative grammar -- The functions of syntax -- Syntactic typology -- Syntactic variation -- Syntactic change -- pt. 4. Growth. Pidgin and Creole languages -- First and second language learning -- Language and the human species -- Language and civilization.

Subjects

Langage et langues Language language (general communication) Language and languages languages (study discipline) linguistics Linguistique Taalwetenschap