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Publication details [#26168]

Burling, Robbins. 1992. Patterns of language: Structure, variation, change. Academic. xiv + 461 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

historical linguistics | linguistics | sociolinguistics

Annotation

This introductory texbook in linguistics emphasizes throughout its discussion of lexicon and morphology, phonology and syntax, the ubiquity of variation and change.

Reviewed by

Embleton, Sheila M. 1994. Review of $Patterns of language: Structure, variation, change.