The Ecology of Language Evolution

by Salikoko S. Mufwene

Book Overview

This major 2001 work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic linguistics. Written by an internationally renowned linguist, the book discusses the nature and significance of internal and external factors or 'ecologies' that bear on the evolution of a language. The book surveys a wide range of examples of changes in the structure, function and vitality of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521794757
• ISBN13: 9780521794756
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"