24.3865, Books: The Life and Growth of Language: Whitney

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Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:45:15
From: Joyce Reid [jreid at cambridge.org]
Subject: The Life and Growth of Language: Whitney

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 Title: The Life and Growth of Language 
Publication Year: 2013 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/life-and-growth-language 

Author: William Dwight Whitney

Paperback: ISBN:  9781108062817 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 22.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108062817 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 35.99

Abstract:

Preface; 1. Introductory; 2. How each individual acquires his language; 3. The
conservative and alternative forces in language; 4. Growth of language; 5.
Growth of language (cont.); 6. Growth of language (cont.); 7. Growth of
language (cont.); 8. Summary: the name-making process; 9. Local and class
variation of language; 10. Indo-European language; 11. Linguistic structure;
12. Other families of language; 13. Language and ethnology; 14. Nature and
origin of language; 15. The science of language; Index.

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Sociolinguistics

Language Family(ies): Indo-European

Written In: English  (eng)

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