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Competing Motivations in the Process of Language Change

Name: Competing Motivations in the Process of Language Change
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Author: David Stehling
ISBN: 978-3-656-32079-1

Term Paper (Advanced seminar), 2010

15 Pages, Grade: 2,0

David Stehling (Author)

Excerpt

1. Introduction

2. Types of Language Change
2.1 Lexical and Semantic Change
2.2 Morphological and Syntactic Change
2.3 Phonological Change

3. Theoretical Approaches to Language Change
3.1 Lexical Diffusion
3.2 Grammaticalization
3.3 The Invisible Hand Phenomenon
3.4 Sociolinguistic Aspects of Language Change

4. Conclusion

5. Bibliography

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Title: Competing Motivations in the Process of Language Change
College: http://www.uni-jena.de/ (Institut für Anglistik/Amerikanistik)
Course: Historical Linguistics
Grade: 2,0
Author: David Stehling (Author)
Year: 2010
Pages: 15
Catalog Number: V205526
ISBN (eBook): 9783656319641
ISBN (Book): 9783656320791
File size: 499 KB
Language: English
Keywords: language, change, lexical, semantic, morphological, phonological, theoretical, approach, diffusion, grammaticalization, invisible, hand, phenomenon, sociolonguistic, english

Quote paper: David Stehling (Author), 2010, Competing Motivations in the Process of Language Change, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/205526

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