| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 366 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-356) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Preliminaries: -- What is evolutionary phonology? -- Evolution in language and elsewhere -- Explanation in phonology: a brief history of ideas -- Sound Patterns: -- Laryngeal features -- Place features -- Other common sound patterns -- Evolution of geminates -- Some uncommon sound patterns -- Implications: -- Synchronic phonology -- Diachronic phonology -- Beyond phonology. |
| Summary |
This groundbreaking book explores the nature of sound change in human language over the past 7000 8000 years. It presents a new approach to the problem of how genetically unrelated languages can often show similar sound patterns, and why there are many exceptions to the patterns often regarded as universal. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology. |
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Linguistic change.
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Linguistic change. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blevins, Juliette. Evolutionary phonology. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2003061549 |
| ISBN |
0511210353 |
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9780511210358 |
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0521804280 (hardcover) |
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9780521804288 (hardcover) |
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051121572X (electronic book) |
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9780511215728 (electronic book) |
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0511212127 |
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9780511212123 |
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9780511486357 (electronic book) |
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0511486359 (electronic book) |
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1283330865 |
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9781283330862 |
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