Language History and Linguistic Modelling

ISBN-13: 9783110145045 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 2184 str.

Hickey, Raymond

Opis

This work presents a collection of some 130 contributions covering a wide range of topics of interest to historical, theoretical and applied linguistics alike. A major theme is the development of English which is examined on several levels in the light of recent linguistic theory in various papers. The geographical dimension is also treated extensively with papers on controversial aspects of a variety of studies, as are topical linguistic matters from a more general perspective.