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Publication details [#9699]

Vennemann, Theo. 1975. An explanation of drift. In Li, Charles N., ed. Word order and word order change. University of Texas Press. pp. 269–305.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

drift

Person as a subject

Sapir, E.

Annotation

A discussion of a number of treatments of 'drift' as a phenomenon of linguistic change, and an attempt at explaining it in an alternative theory that largely builds upon E.Sapir (1921: 'Language').