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The Ecology of Language Evolution
Hardback
Main Details
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The Ecology of Language Evolution
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Salikoko S. Mufwene
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| Series | Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:274 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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| Category/Genre | Sociolinguistics |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780521791380
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| Classifications | Dewey:417.7 |
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| Audience | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
6 Tables, unspecified; 7 Maps; 3 Line drawings, unspecified
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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| Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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| Publication Date |
30 August 2001 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This major new work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic linguistics. Written by an internationally renowned linguist, the book discusses the nature and significance of internal and external factors or 'ecologies' that bear on the evolution of a language. The book surveys a wide range of examples of changes in the structure, function and vitality of languages, and suggests that similar ecologies have played the same kinds of roles in all cases of language evolution. Drawing on major theories of language formation, macroecology and population genetics, Mufwene proposes a common approach to the development of creoles and other new languages. The Ecology of Language Evolution will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociolinguistics, creolistics, theoretical linguistics and theories of evolution.
Reviews"Mufwene's proposals will undoubtedly interest linguists and theorists of evolution alike." Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis
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