Linguists have typically studied language change at the aggregate level of speech communities, yet key mechanisms of change such as analogy and automation operate within the minds of individual language users. Drawing on lifespan data from 50 authors and the intriguing case of the special passives in the history of English, this study addresses three fundamental issues relating to individuality in language change:
| ISBN: | 9783110725711 |
| Publication date: | 25th October 2021 |
| Author: | Lynn Anthonissen |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter Mouton an imprint of De Gruyter |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 339 pages |
| Series: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] |
| Genres: |
Historical and comparative linguistics |
Linguists have typically studied language change at the aggregate level of speech communities, yet key mechanisms of change such as analogy and automation operate within the minds of individual language users. Drawing on lifespan data from 50 authors and the intriguing case of the special passives in the history of English, this study addresses three fundamental issues relating to individuality in language change: (i) how variation and change at the individual level interact with change at the community level; (ii) how much innovation and change is possible across the adult lifespan; (iii) and to what extent related linguistic patterns are associated in individual cognition.
Individuality in Language Change features in the following genres: Historical and comparative linguistics
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Individuality in Language Change was written by Lynn Anthonissen and published by De Gruyter Mouton an imprint of De Gruyter
Individuality in Language Change has 339 pages
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