Language Evolution

Contact, Competition And Change

by Salikoko S. Mufwene
language: english
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC, March of 2008 ‧
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Examines the processes by which languages change, from the macroecological perspective of competition and natural selection. This work looks at such themes as: natural selection in language; the actuation question and the invisible hand that drives evolution; multilingualism and language contact; and, language birth and language death.

Language Evolution

Contact, Competition And Change

by Salikoko S. Mufwene

Property Description
ISBN: 9780826493699
Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
Release Date: March of 2008
Language: English
Cover: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Format: Book
Collection: Humphrey'S Tiny Tales
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Linguistics and Philology
EAN: 9780826493699