The rise and fall of languages /:
This book puts forward a different approach to language change, the punctuated equilibrium model. This is based on the premise that during most of the 100,000 or more years that humans have had language, states of equilibrium have existed during which linguistic features diffused across the language...
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| Zusammenfassung: | This book puts forward a different approach to language change, the punctuated equilibrium model. This is based on the premise that during most of the 100,000 or more years that humans have had language, states of equilibrium have existed during which linguistic features diffused across the languages in a given area so that they gradually converged on a common prototype. From time to time, the state of equilibrium would be punctuated, with expansion and split of peoples and of languages, most recently, as a result of European colonisation and the globalisation of communication which are likely to result in the extinction, within the next hundred years, of 90% of the languages currently spoken. Professor Dixon suggests that every linguist should assume a responsibility for documenting some of these languages before they disappear. |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (vi, 169 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511001525 9780511001529 9780511612060 0511612060 |
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| spelling | Dixon, Robert M. W. The rise and fall of languages / R.M.W. Dixon. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997. 1 online resource (vi, 169 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index. Print version record. 1. Introduction -- 2. Preliminaries -- 3. Linguistic areas and diffusion -- 4. The family tree model -- 5. Modes of change -- 6. The punctuated equilibrium model -- 7. More on proto-languages -- 8. Recent history -- 9. Today's priorities -- 10. Summary and prospects -- App. Where the comparative method discovery procedure fails. English. This book puts forward a different approach to language change, the punctuated equilibrium model. This is based on the premise that during most of the 100,000 or more years that humans have had language, states of equilibrium have existed during which linguistic features diffused across the languages in a given area so that they gradually converged on a common prototype. From time to time, the state of equilibrium would be punctuated, with expansion and split of peoples and of languages, most recently, as a result of European colonisation and the globalisation of communication which are likely to result in the extinction, within the next hundred years, of 90% of the languages currently spoken. Professor Dixon suggests that every linguist should assume a responsibility for documenting some of these languages before they disappear. Historical linguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061192 Comparative linguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029301 Linguistique historique. Linguistique comparée. historical linguistics. aat FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY Ancient Languages. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics Historical & Comparative. bisacsh Comparative linguistics fast Historical linguistics fast Historische Sprachwissenschaft gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4127276-6 Sprachwandel gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4056508-7 Taalverandering. gtt Vergelijkende taalwetenschap. gtt Linguística histórico-comparativa. larpcal Linguistique historique. ram Linguistique comparée. ram Electronic books. has work: The rise and fall of languages (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCFBK89mdDmfTKxmpXdrdKm https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Dixon, Robert M.W. Rise and fall of languages. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997 0521623103 (DLC) 97023092 (OCoLC)37011374 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=54549 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Dixon, Robert M. W. The rise and fall of languages / Introduction -- Preliminaries -- Linguistic areas and diffusion -- The family tree model -- Modes of change -- The punctuated equilibrium model -- More on proto-languages -- Recent history -- Today's priorities -- Summary and prospects -- Where the comparative method discovery procedure fails. Historical linguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061192 Comparative linguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029301 Linguistique historique. Linguistique comparée. historical linguistics. aat FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY Ancient Languages. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics Historical & Comparative. bisacsh Comparative linguistics fast Historical linguistics fast Historische Sprachwissenschaft gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4127276-6 Sprachwandel gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4056508-7 Taalverandering. gtt Vergelijkende taalwetenschap. gtt Linguística histórico-comparativa. larpcal Linguistique historique. ram Linguistique comparée. ram |
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| title | The rise and fall of languages / |
| title_alt | Introduction -- Preliminaries -- Linguistic areas and diffusion -- The family tree model -- Modes of change -- The punctuated equilibrium model -- More on proto-languages -- Recent history -- Today's priorities -- Summary and prospects -- Where the comparative method discovery procedure fails. |
| title_auth | The rise and fall of languages / |
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| title_full | The rise and fall of languages / R.M.W. Dixon. |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The rise and fall of languages / R.M.W. Dixon. |
| title_short | The rise and fall of languages / |
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| topic | Historical linguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061192 Comparative linguistics. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029301 Linguistique historique. Linguistique comparée. historical linguistics. aat FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY Ancient Languages. bisacsh LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics Historical & Comparative. bisacsh Comparative linguistics fast Historical linguistics fast Historische Sprachwissenschaft gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4127276-6 Sprachwandel gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4056508-7 Taalverandering. gtt Vergelijkende taalwetenschap. gtt Linguística histórico-comparativa. larpcal Linguistique historique. ram Linguistique comparée. ram |
| topic_facet | Historical linguistics. Comparative linguistics. Linguistique historique. Linguistique comparée. historical linguistics. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY Ancient Languages. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES Linguistics Historical & Comparative. Comparative linguistics Historical linguistics Historische Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwandel Taalverandering. Vergelijkende taalwetenschap. Linguística histórico-comparativa. Electronic books. |
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