Language History and Linguistic Modelling: A Festschrift for Jacek Fisiak on His 60th Birthday

Jacek Fisiak

Language: English

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: Jun 15, 1997

Description:

This work presents a collection of some 130 contributions covering a wide range of topics of interest to historical, theoretical and applied linguistics alike. A major theme is the development of English which is examined on several levels in the light of recent linguistic theory in various papers. The geographical dimension is also treated extensively with papers on controversial aspects of a variety of studies, as are topical linguistic matters from a more general perspective.