New ways of analyzing sound change
By: edited by Penelope Eckert.
Contributors: Eckert, Penelope.
Series: Quantitative analyses of linguistic structure ;; 5
Publisher: Academic Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology.; Linguistic change.; Language and languages -- Variation.
Description: This volume, aimed at linguists and language students, presents an integrated approach to sound change. It examines change not simply as a series of developments within an abstracted linguistic system, but as part of the situated use of language.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.