{"product_id":"motives-for-language-change-paperback-9780521135245","title":"Motives for Language Change (Paperback) 9780521135245","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMotives for Language Change\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book considers the processes involved in language change and how they can be modelled and studied.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaymond Hickey (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521135245, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 4 March 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e300 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: ' … the papers are of uniformly high quality, and some of them are absolutely first-rate. A number of the contributions are also eminently suitable for use in advanced courses on historical linguistics. This book is a worthy tribute to a distinguished scholar.' CJL\/RCL\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis specially commissioned volume considers the processes involved in language change and the issues of how they can be modelled and studied. The way languages change offers an insight into the nature of language itself, its internal organisation, and how it is acquired and used. Accordingly, the phenomenon of language change has been approached from a variety of perspectives by linguists of many different orientations. This book, originally published in 2003, brings together an international team of leading figures from different areas of linguistics to re-examine some of the central issues in this field and also to discuss new proposals. The volume is arranged into sections, including grammaticalisation, the typological perspective, the social context of language change and contact-based explanations. It seeks to cover the subject as a whole, bearing in mind its relevance for the general analysis of language, and will appeal to a broad international readership.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Raymond Hickey\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Phenomenon of Language Change: 1. On change in 'E-language' Peter Matthews\u003cbr\u003e 2. Formal and functional motivation for language change Frederick J. Newmeyer\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Linguistic Models and Language Change: 3. Metaphors, models and language change Jean Aitchison\u003cbr\u003e 4. Log(ist)ic and simplistic S-curves David Denison\u003cbr\u003e 5. Regular suppletion Richard Hogg\u003cbr\u003e 6. On not explaining language change: optimality theory and the Great Vowel Shift April McMahon\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Grammaticalization: 7. Grammaticalization: cause or effect? David Lightfoot\u003cbr\u003e 8. From subjectification to intersubjectification Elizabeth Traugott\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. The Social Context for Language Change: 9. On the role of the speaker in language change James Milroy\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Contact-based Explanations: 10. The quest for the most 'parsimonious' explanations: endogeny vs. contact revisited Markku Filppula\u003cbr\u003e 11. Diagnosing prehistoric language contact Malcolm Ross\u003cbr\u003e 12. The ingenerate motivation of sound change Gregory K. Iverson and Joseph C. Salmons\u003cbr\u003e 13. How do dialects get the features they have? On the process of new dialect formation Raymond Hickey\u003cbr\u003e Part VI. The Typological Perspective: 14. Reconstruction, typology, and reality Bernard Comrie\u003cbr\u003e 15. Reanalysis and typological change Raymond Hickey.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sociolinguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociolinguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociolinguistics%20%5BCFB%5D%22\"\u003eCFB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006589358360,"sku":"9780521135245","price":39.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521135245i_9c667ead-a51a-42c5-a415-7eb31b7b7b8a.jpg?v=1691372206","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/motives-for-language-change-paperback-9780521135245","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}