In:Historical Linguistics: A cognitive grammar introduction
Margaret E. Winters
[Not in series 227] 2020
► pp. 23–46
Chapter 2Studying change
Published online: 8 May 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.227.c2
https://doi.org/10.1075/z.227.c2
Article outline
- 1.Overview
- 2.Uniformitarianism
- 3.Coincidence and universals
- 3.1Pure coincidence
- 3.2Universals
- 3.2.1Absolute universals
- 3.2.2Relative universals
- 4.Genetic relationships and families
- 4.1The Genealogical (Tree) model
- 4.2The wave model
- 4.3Contemporary approaches
- 5.Contact among languages
- 5.1Kinds of contact
- 5.2Stratal influence
- 5.3Areal influence
- 5.4Pidgins and creoles
- 6.Conclusion
- Exercises
- For further investigation
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