Karl-Heinz Best
List of John Benjamins publications for which Karl-Heinz Best plays a role.
Articles
Sprachwandel im Chinesischen Archív Orientální 74:2, pp. 203–214 | Article
2006 Using Quantitative Linguistics as its theoretical context, this paper recognizes that every language in a speech community is subject to permanent diachronic alteration. Special language changes need to be investigated as if they abide by one of the established linguistic laws. The present paper… read more
Diversifikation der Fremd- und Lehnwörter im Türkischen Archív Orientální 73:3, pp. 291–298 | Article
2005 Sağlam (2004) investigates the influence of foreign words on Turkish, presenting the extent of borrowings from different source languages, known as the „etymological spectrum.“ The spectrum is considered to be the result of a diversification process. The present paper demonstrates that the… read more
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