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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811867603321

Titolo

Scribes as agents of language change / / edited by Esther-Miriam Wagner, Ben Outhwaite, Bettina Beinhoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston ; ; Berlin, : De Gruyter Mouton, c2013

ISBN

1-61451-054-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Studies in language change, , 2163-0992 ; ; v. 10

Classificazione

ES 425

Altri autori (Persone)

WagnerEsther-Miriam

OuthwaiteBen

BeinhoffBettina

Disciplina

417/.7

Soggetti

Linguistic change

Scribes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

International conference proceedings.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. From spoken vernacular to written form -- pt. III. Standardisation versus regionalisation and de-standardisation -- pt. IV. Idiosyncracy, scribal standards and registers.

Sommario/riassunto

The majority of our evidence for language change in pre-modern times comes from the written output of scribes. The present volume deals with a variety of aspects of language change and focuses on the role of scribes. The individual articles, which treat different theoretical and empirical issues, reflect a broad cross-linguistic and cross-cultural diversity. The languages that are represented cover a broad spectrum, and the empirical data come from a wide range of sources. This book provides a wealth of new data and new perspectives on old problems, and it raises new questions about the actual