Code-Switching: Unifying Contemporary and Historical Perspectives (1st ed. 2020) (New Approaches to English Historical Linguistics)
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- Synopsis
- This book systematically discusses the link between bilingual language production and its manifestation in historical documents, drawing together two branches of linguistics which have much in common but are traditionally dealt with separately. By combining the study of historical mixed texts with the principles of modern code-switching and bilingualism research, the author argues that the cognitive processes underpinning the human capacity to produce mixed utterances have remained unchanged throughout history, even as the languages themselves are constantly changing. This book will be of interest to scholars of historical linguistics, syntactic theory (particularly generative grammar), language variation and change.
- Copyright:
- 2020
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- ISBN-13:
- 9783030346676
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783030346669
- Publisher:
- Springer International Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 01/17/20
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Sociology
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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