Word frequency and lexical diffusion /

Word frequency and lexical diffusion /

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Author / Creator:	Phillips, Betty S., 1949-
Imprint:	Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Description:	xiv, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Palgrave studies in language history and language change
Subject:	Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology. Linguistic change. Neogrammarians. Language and languages -- Word frequency. Historical lexicology. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Phonology. Historical lexicology. Language and languages -- Word frequency. Linguistic change. Neogrammarians.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6207295

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ISBN:	1403932328 (hardback) 9781403932327 (hardback)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-244) and indexes.

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Summary:	This study of word frequency effects on sound change provides a resolution of the Neogrammarian controversy. Betty S. Phillips discusses the implications for phonology and historical linguistics of certain types of change affecting the most frequent words first and other types of change affecting the least frequent words first.
Physical Description:	xiv, 252 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-244) and indexes.
ISBN:	1403932328 9781403932327