The Ecology of Language Evolution by Salikoko S Mufwene
This major 2001 work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic linguistics. Written by an internationally renowned linguist, the book discusses the nature and significance of internal and external factors or 'ecologies' that bear on the evolution of a language. The book surveys a wide range of examples of changes in the structure, function and vitality of languages, and suggests that similar ecologies have played the same kinds of roles in all cases of language evolution. Drawing on major theories of language formation, macroecology and population genetics, Mufwene proposes a common approach to the development of creoles and other new languages. The Ecology of Language Evolution will be welcomed by students and researchers in sociolinguistics, creolistics, theoretical linguistics and theories of evolution.-
The Sociolinguistics of Globalization
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The Linguistic Legacy of Spanish and Portuguese
- Nahuatl and its Speakers across Time
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The Making of Vernacular Singapore English
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Contact Languages
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Language Contact in the Early Colonial Pacific
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The Emergence of Hybrid Grammars
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The Bilingual Child
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Youth Language Practices and Urban Language Contact in Africa
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Complexity in Language
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World Englishes and Culture Wars
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Language Contact in Europe
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Diglossia and Language Contact
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The Lingua Franca
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Language Contact and Grammatical Change
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Language Contact and the Making of an Afro-Hispanic Vernacular
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Postcolonial English
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Bilingual Language Acquisition
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A Linguistic Geography of Africa
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Linguistic Ecology and Language Contact
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Liquid Languages
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Dynamics of Language Contact
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Translingual Practices
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Voices of Immigration
"Mufwene's proposals will undoubtedly interest linguists and theorists of evolution alike" Interdisciplinary Journal for Germanic Linguistics and Semiotic Analysis
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780521791380 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521791383 |
| Title | The Ecology of Language Evolution |
| Author | Salikoko S Mufwene |
| Series | Cambridge Approaches To Language Contact |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2001-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 274 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |