Open publication The volume deals with previously undescribed morphosyntactic variations and changes appearing in settings involving language contact. Contact-i
This book explores the dynamics of language changes from sociolinguistic and historical linguistic perspectives. With in-depth case studies from all around the
Language Standardization and Language Change describes the formation of an early standard norm at the Cape around 1900. The processes of variant reduction and s
Variability is characteristic of any living language. This volume approaches the ‘life cycle’ of linguistic variability in English using data sources that r