Socio-Historical Linguistics: Its Status and Methodology
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series)
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Synchronic sociolinguistics has been particularly convincing in its use of quantitative models to demonstrates how 'the present might explain the past'. However, the relevance of sociolinguistics to historical linguistics 'using the past to explain the present', has been largely ignored. In this volume Dr Romaine lays the foundation for a field of research encompassing both historical linguistics and sociolinguistics, which aims to investigate and...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521112338
ISBN13:9780521112338
Release Date:June 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:328 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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