Variable Properties in Language

Variable Properties in Language

by David W. LightfootJonathan Havenhill B. Elan Dresher and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 01/07/2019

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This edited volume, based on papers presented at the 2017 Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics (GURT), approaches the study of language variation from a variety of angles. Language variation research asks broad questions such as, "Why are languages' grammatical structures different from one another?" as well as more specific word-level questions such as, "Why are words that are pronounced differently still recognized to be the same words?" Too often, research on variation has been siloed based on the particular question—sociolinguists do not talk to historical linguists, who do not talk to phoneticians, and so on. This edited volume seeks to bring discussions from different subfields of linguistics together to explore language variation in a broader sense and acknowledge the complexity and interwoven nature of variation itself.

ISBN:
9781626166653
9781626166653
Category:
linguistics
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
01-07-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Georgetown University Press
David W. Lightfoot

David W. Lightfoot is Professor of Linguistics, Director of the Communication, Culture, and Technology Program, and Codirector of the Interdisciplinary PhD Concentration in Cognitive Science at Georgetown University.

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