Competition in Language Change: The Rise of the English Dative Alternation 9783110633856, 9783110630343, 9783110764369

Competition in Language Change: The Rise of the English Dative Alternation 9783110633856, 9783110630343, 9783110764369

This book addresses one of the most pervasive questions in historical linguistics – why variation becomes stable rather

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Competition in Language Change : The Rise of the English Dative Alternation 9783110630343, 9783110633856, 9783110630442, 2019934671, 311063385X, 3110630443

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Studies in the History of the English Language IV: Empirical and Analytical Advances in the Study of English Language Change 9783110211801, 9783110205879

Empirical and Analytical Advances in the Study of English Language Change continues the project of initiating and energi

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Studies in the History of the English Language III: Managing Chaos: Strategies for Identifying Change in English 9783110198515, 9783110190892

The essays of this volume employ diverse strategies for conceptualizing the history of English as at once chaotic and ye

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Language Evolution: Contact, Competition and Change 9781350934078, 9780826493705

Languages are constantly changing. New words are added to the English language every year, either borrowed or coined, an

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The Fall of Language in the Age of English 9780231538541

The Fall of Language in the Age of English lays bare the struggle to retain the brilliance of one's own language in

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Landmarks in the History of the English Language 103222990X, 9781032229904

Landmarks in the History of the English Language identifies twelve key landmarks spread throughout the language’s histor

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Grammar Competition in Second Language Acquisition: The Case of English Non-Verbal Predicates for Indonesian L1 Speakers 9783110766332, 9783110766257

Anybody with the chance of teaching English to Indonesian speakers should have experienced difficulties when it comes to

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Grammar Competition in Second Language Acquisition: The Case of English Non-Verbal Predicates for Indonesian L1 Speakers 9783110766332, 9783110766257

Anybody with the chance of teaching English to Indonesian speakers should have experienced difficulties when it comes to

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Conversation Analysis and Language Alternation : Capturing Transitions in the Classroom [1 ed.] 9789027263575, 9789027201409

This volume brings together researchers in conversation analysis who examine the practice of alternating between English

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