Book of Donmon Teith

This volume explores how human languages become what they are, why they differ from one another in certain ways but not in others, and why they change in the wa

The volume explores the relationship between linguistic universals and language variation. Its contributions identify the recurrent patterns and principles behi

In this book leading scholars examine and assess rival explanations for linguistic universals and the effectiveness of different models of language change. They

The Handbook of Language Variation and Change, written by a distinguished international roster of contributors, reflects the vitality and growth of the discipli

Issues addressed in this contributed volume include lexical semantics, morphosyntax, and phonology based on the broad theme of formal approaches to language uni