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Burling, Robbins

 
9780121449209: Patterns of Language: Structure, Variation, Change
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ISBN 10: 0121449203 ISBN 13: 9780121449209
Casa editrice: Brill Academic Pub, 1992

Sinossi

A comprehensive advanced introduction to linguistics unique in its integration of variation and change with the more structural or synchronic topics. It includes chapters on variation and change in lexicon, phonology, and syntax. It also covers the topics of pidgins and creoles, on first and second language acquisition, on the development of language in the human species, and on the growth of writing, printing in information technology and how these have affected, and continue to affect, language.

Key Features
* Integration of variation and change
* New treatment of functional and typological approaches to syntax
* Emphasis on the widest possible diversity of languages
* Offers alternative ways of looking at language

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Recensione

"It seems to me the best current text of its kind; teachers will find it a pleasure to use. The book reflects several of Burling's special strengths: his long experience in teaching this topic, his expert knowledge of current developments in the field; his first-hand research in such interdisciplinary fields as social dialect, and his anthropologist's emphasis on the cultural context of language. The focus is balanced and coherent; the perspective is up-to-date without falling into trendiness; the examples are a pleasing mix of material from familiar languages and from interestingly exotic ones. The writing is graceful and clear."
--William Bright, UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, Boulder

Contenuti

The Uses of Language. Words: Meaning and the Lexicon. Morphology. Lexical Variation and Change. Appendix: Language Families of the World. Sounds: Phonetics. Phonology. Phonological Variation. Variation Through Time: Phonological Change. Sentences: Generative Grammer. The Functions of Syntax. Syntactic Typology. Syntactic Variation. Syntactic Change. Growth. Pidgin and Creole Languages. First and Second Language Learning. Language and the Human Species. Language and Civilization. Bibliographic Notes. Bibliography. Index.

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Editore
Brill Academic Pub
Data di pubblicazione
1992
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0121449203
ISBN 13 
9780121449209
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
461
Contatto del produttore
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