E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten
Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change
Phillips Word Frequency and Lexical Diffusion
2006
ISBN: 978-0-230-28661-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 252 Seiten
Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change
ISBN: 978-0-230-28661-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
This study of word frequency effects on sound change provides a resolution of the Neogrammarian controversy. Betty S. Phillips discusses the implications for phonology and historical linguistics of certain types of change affecting the most frequent words first and other types of change affecting the least frequent words first.




