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Scribes as Agents of Language Change: 10
Author(s): Beinhoff
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: 15 Mar. 2013
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 338 pages
- ISBN-10: 1614510504
- ISBN-13: 9781614510505
Book Description
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 mechanisms of language change.
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About the Author
Esther-Miriam Wagner, Cambridge University, UK; Ben Outhwaite, Cambridge University, UK; Bettina Beinhoff, Anglia Ruskin University, UK
