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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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History and change

Lucia KornexlDirk Schultze

pp. 395-412

Abstract

History and change form the two key notions on which diachronic linguistics, the scientific study of language through time, rests. Students of linguistics usually first encounter the concept of diachrony in the context of the famous Saussurean dichotomies, but upon entering more deeply into the matter soon realise that, in practice, synchronic and diachronic perspectives are by no means mutually exclusive: the dynamics of language change can only be grasped by a careful diagnosis of the state of the language at different points in time.

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Middeke Martin, Müller Timo, Wald Christina, Zapf Hubert (2012) English and American studies: theory and practice. Stuttgart, Metzler.

Pages: 395-412

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-476-00406-2_31

Full citation:

Kornexl Lucia, Schultze Dirk (2012) „History and change“, In: M. Middeke, T. Müller, C. Wald & H. Zapf (eds.), English and American studies, Stuttgart, Metzler, 395–412.