Studying Language Change in the 21st Century

Download or read book Studying Language Change in the 21st Century written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume brings together contributions by scholars working in different theoretical frameworks interested in systematic explanation of language change and the interrelation between current linguistic theories and modern analytical tools and methodology. Τhe integrative basis of all work is the special focus on phenomena at the interface of semantics and syntax and the implications of corpus-based, quantitative analyses for researching diachrony.