32.2556, Books: Lost in Change: Kranich, Breban (eds.)

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Subject: 32.2556, Books: Lost in Change: Kranich, Breban (eds.)

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Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2021 20:42:30
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Lost in Change: Kranich, Breban (eds.)

 


Title: Lost in Change 
Subtitle: Causes and processes in the loss of grammatical elements and constructions 
Series Title: Studies in Language Companion Series 218  

Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/slcs.218 


Editor: Svenja Kranich
Editor: Tine Breban

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027259967 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027259967 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027259967 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208637 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208637 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027208637 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 104.94


Abstract:

While research on language change has formulated robust empirical
generalisations about processes and motivations underlying the emergence and
spread of linguistic elements, their decline and loss is less well understood.
So far a systematic investigation into the processes and motivations of
decline and loss in language change is lacking. This book is a first step
towards remedying this state of affairs. It brings together a varied set of
empirical investigations into decline and loss, spanning morphology, syntax
and the lexicon, in different languages. Their authors apply diverse
methodologies and represent different theoretical approaches. On the basis of
this broad span of studies, authors and editors propose generalisations
related to decline and loss and assess similarities and differences with
processes and motivations of emergence and spread. The book aims to inspire
and provide hypotheses for further studies of decline and loss. It will appeal
to historical linguists and others interested in language change.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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