Scribes as Agents of Language Change

328 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The majority of our evidence for language change in pre-modern times comes from the written output of scribes. The present volume deals with a variety of aspects of language change and focuses on the role of scribes. The individual articles, which treat different theoretical and empirical issues, reflect a broad cross-linguistic and cross-cultural diversity. The languages that are represented cover a broad spectrum, and the empirical data come from a wide range of sources. This book provides a wealth of new data and new perspectives on old problems, and it raises new questions about the actual mechanisms of language change.

• Reihe: Studies in Language Change [SLC]
• Themen: Sprache und Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft, Linguistik Soziolinguistik
• ISBN: 9781614510505
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.03.2013
• Größe: 23 x 15.5 cm
• Verlag: de Gruyter Mouton
• Herausgegeben von: Esther-Miriam Wagner, Ben Outhwaite, Bettina Beinhoff