| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 349 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Summary |
This text 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on December 17, 2020) |
| Subject |
Dialectology -- History
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Dialectology
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Linguistics.
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Language.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780192584489 |
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0192584480 |
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9780191880865 |
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0191880868 |
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