Regularity In Semantic Change (Cambridge Studies In Linguistics 97)

Traugott, Elizabeth Closs; Dasher, Richard B.

ISBN 10: 0521583780 / ISBN 13: 9780521583787

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2007

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341pp. Ex-academic library with usual stamps and labels. Soft cover, no jacket. No highlighting or annotations to text. Covered in protective laminate.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Regularity In Semantic Change (Cambridge Studies In Linguistics 97)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521583780
• ISBN 13: 9780521583787
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

This important study of semantic change examines the various ways in which new meanings arise through language use.

About the Authors

Elizabeth Closs Traugott is Professor of Linguistics and English at Stanford University. Her previous books include A History of English Syntax (1972), Linguistics for Students of Literature (with Mary L. Pratt, 1980) and Grammaticalization (with Paul J. Hopper, Cambridge, 1993).

Richard B. Dasher is Director of the US-Japan Technology Center, Executive Director of the Center for Integrated Systems and Consulting Associate Professor at the School of Engineering, Stanford University. His previous publications include historical work on Japanese honorifics in Papers in Linguistics, other research in Papers from the 7th International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL), and various scholarly journals.