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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783983903321

Autore

Keller Rudi

Titolo

On language change : the invisible hand in language / / Rudi Keller ; translated by Brigitte Nerlich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-90198-4

1-134-90199-2

1-280-14303-7

0-203-99328-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

417.7

417/.7

Soggetti

Linguistic change

Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Part I Exposition of the problem; Part II  Solution and discussion; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the twentieth century paradigms of linguistics have largely left language change to one side. Rudi Keller's book is an exciting contribution to linguistic philosophy becuase it puts language change back on the linguistics agenda and demonstrates that, far from being a remote mystery, it can and should be explained.