Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note to second impression
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Variation in the spoken chain
- 3 System: the phoneme
- 4 Grammar and lexis (I): variation
- 5 Grammar and lexis (II): systemic regulation
- 6 Diversity and contact
- 7 An assessment of the problem
- 8 Dimensions of study
- 9 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index of persons
- Index of subjects
- Plate section
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note to second impression
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Variation in the spoken chain
- 3 System: the phoneme
- 4 Grammar and lexis (I): variation
- 5 Grammar and lexis (II): systemic regulation
- 6 Diversity and contact
- 7 An assessment of the problem
- 8 Dimensions of study
- 9 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index of persons
- Index of subjects
- Plate section
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- Linguistic EvolutionWith Special Reference to English, pp. 187 - 188Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1972