Analogy and Morphological Change

by David Fertig

Book Overview

How do learners and speakers make sense of their language and make their language make sense. Is it dived or dove? Dwarfs or dwarves? If the best students aced the test, did the pretty good students beece it? You've probably often pondered such questions yourself, but did you know that similar questions have inspired some of the most important advances in our understanding not only of how languages change but also of how children acquire grammar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748646213
• ISBN13: 9780748646210
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"