Principles of linguistic change

editorial: Blackwell 

género: lingüística 

año: 1994

estado: leído

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This book develops the general principles of linguistic change that form the foundations of historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics. It is concerned with the factors that govern the internal development of linguistic structures: the mechanisms of change, the constraints on change, and the ways in which change is embedded in the larger linguistic system. 

Ehile it is generally believed that linguistic change is a product of earlier times, and that local dialects are disappearing, this works shows that rapid change is in progress in the cities of America and England, so that urban dialects are becoming more and more differentiated in the 20th century. Instrumental studies of these changes develop a new view of phonological space which allows the resolution of long-standing paradoxes of historical linguistics. The book then develops the general principles governing mergers and splits, which alter linguistic structure.