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Language Change

Authors

Joan Bybee
, University of New Mexico
Published 2015

Description

How and why do languages change? This new introduction offers a guide to the types of change at all levels of linguistic structure, as well as the mechanisms behind each type. Based on data from a variety of methods and a huge array of language families, it examines general patterns of change, bringing together recent findings on sound change, analogical change, grammaticalization, the creation and change of constructions, as well as lexical change. Emphasizing crosslinguistic patterns and going well beyond…

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Key features

  • This new introduction offers a guide to all aspects of language change, with an emphasis on the role of cognition and language use
  • Each chapter touches on a type of change and maps the directionality of that change so readers can grasp patterns more easily
  • Within historical linguistics, non-European languages are often overlooked; in this book, examples are given from both European and non-European languages

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