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2019
AbstractThe notion of ‘linguistic cycle’ has long been recognized as being relevant to the descriptions of many processes of language change. In a process known as grammaticalization, a given linguistic form loses its lexical meaning as well as some of its phonological content, and then gradually weakens, until it ultimately vanishes.
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AbstractThe notion of ‘linguistic cycle’ has long been recognized as being relevant to the descriptions of many processes of language change. In a process known as grammaticalization, a given linguistic form loses its lexical meaning as well as some of its phonological content, and then gradually weakens, until it ultimately vanishes.
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2000
How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language change explores these and other questions, considering changes through time. The central theme of this book is whether language change is a symptom of progress or decay.
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How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language change explores these and other questions, considering changes through time. The central theme of this book is whether language change is a symptom of progress or decay.
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Language Awareness and Language Change
2017This chapter is concerned with the nature of the relationship between language awareness and language change – in terms of interdependence and mutual influence. It aims to build on the possibility of raising the issue of influence from two perspectives: does change influence awareness, does awareness influence change?
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The Editor's Department: On Change in Language and Change in Language [PDF]
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The language of chromatin modification in human cancers
Nature Reviews Cancer, 2021Shuai Zhao, Charles David Allis
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Language for Institutional Change
2013This chapter examines language and action for structural changes aimed at ending sexual assault and intimate partner violence on college campuses. The primary focus is on language used by campus authorities in reference to institutional operating procedures involved in staff development. This discussion draws on relevant policy and research but also on
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