Understanding language change
by Burridge, Kate, Bergs, Alexander
fromUnderstanding language series
Understanding language change
by Burridge, Kate, Bergs, Alexander
fromUnderstanding language series
"This is a work of literary history in which the author reconstructs the epistolary network of a German philologist and philosopher named Gottfried Leibniz and his extended coterie of far-flung correspondents who exchanged information and insights, by way of letters, about the e…
While the comparative method is concerned with regularities in phonological change, grammaticalization theory deals with regularities of grammatical change. In an A-Z format, this book summarizes the most salient generalizations that have been made on the unidirectional change o…
"Phénicien, araméen, hébreu, grec, latin, étrusque, berbère, arabe, turc, espagnol, italien, français : ces langues du pourtour méditerranéen nous parlent de l'histoire de ce continent liquide. Elles sont d'abord la trace des empires et puissances qui se sont succédés en Méditer…
