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Ecology of Language Evolution
This major 2001 work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic linguistics. Written …
From the Gulf States and Beyond
This collection of essays demonstrates the importance of the Linguistic Atlas of the Gulf States (LAGS) as a defining linguistic study of this century, though one of the most …
Survey Eng Dialects-Introdctn
First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Speaking and Social Identity
This monograph is an anthropological study of the social significance of English among Kru residents of Monrovia, the capital city of Liberia. The volume contributes to our …
«Standardfragen»
Dieser Sammelband besteht zur Halfte aus Referaten eines Festkolloquiums zu Ehren von Klaus Mattheiers 60. Geburtstag, das im Juli 2001 in Heidelberg stattfand. Die andere Halfte …
Language Change and Functional Explanations
This collection of articles offers insights into language change as a function of communicative use. The multiple factors underlying change are described and possible explanations …
Swearing: A Cross-Cultural Linguistic Study
This study provides a definition and a typology of swearing and compares its manifestations in English and 24 other languages. In addition the study traces the history of swearing …
Itä- ja eteläsuomalaisten murrekäsitykset
Suomen aluemurteet ovat varsinkin 1900-luvun puolivälin jälkeen maassamuuton ja kaupungistumisen yleistyttyä lähentyneet toisiaan. Ne ovat silti edelleen ajankohtainen puheenaihe: …
The Evolutionary Emergence of Language
Language has no counterpart in the animal world. Unique to Homo sapiens, it appears inseparable from human nature. But how, when and why did it emerge? The contributors to this …
Historical Linguistics 1993
This volume contains a selection of 34 of the 96 papers presented at ICHL 1993, including several of the contributions to the workshop on Parameters and Typology organized jointly …
Beyond Words
'Wonderfully spirited' DAILY MAILThe follow-up to the Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller Lost for Words, from Today presenter and national treasure John Humphrys.From the huge response …
The Pocket Geordie English
From 'Howay, man!' to 'Haddaway!' become fluent in Geordie. Geordie, spoken in Newcastle and in Tyneside on the banks of the river Tyne in the county of Northumberland in the …