Overview
This book explores the intriguing and complex history of the language/dialect distinction, a puzzle which has long fascinated linguists and laypeople alike. It takes the reader from the prehistory of the distinction in antiquity, through the crucial early modern period, up to the approaches to language and dialect adopted in modern linguistics.
- | Author: Raf Van Rooy
- | Publisher: Oxford University Press
- | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2021
- | Number of Pages: 385 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Hardcover/Language Arts & Disciplines
- | ISBN-10: 0198845715
- | ISBN-13: 9780198845713
