Variable Properties in Language: Their Nature and Acquisition

Author:   David W. Lightfoot ,  Jonathan Havenhill ,  David W. Lightfoot ,  Jonathan Havenhill
Publisher:   Georgetown University Press
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9781626166646


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 July 2019
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"This edited volume, based on papers presented at the 2017 Georgetown University Round Table on Language and Linguistics (GURT), approaches the study of language variation from a variety of angles. Language variation research asks broad questions such as, ""Why are languages' grammatical structures different from one another?"" as well as more specific word-level questions such as, ""Why are words that are pronounced differently still recognized to be the same words?"" Too often, research on variation has been siloed based on the particular question—sociolinguists do not talk to historical linguists, who do not talk to phoneticians, and so on. This edited volume seeks to bring discussions from different subfields of linguistics together to explore language variation in a broader sense and acknowledge the complexity and interwoven nature of variation itself."

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Author:   David W. Lightfoot ,  Jonathan Havenhill ,  David W. Lightfoot ,  Jonathan Havenhill
Publisher:   Georgetown University Press
Imprint:   Georgetown University Press
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781626166646


ISBN 10:   1626166641
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   01 July 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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In 1972, Georgetown University held the first meeting of New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) where formal and quantitative linguists convened to study language variation and change. Years of divergence followed but in the 45th anniversary year of NWAV, Georgetown was again the site of connection, with the focus on language acquisition: equipped with the structural constraints on language and the general principles of learning, how do children cope with the inherently variable data especially in the situation of variation and change? The contributors include leading experts in our discipline and more importantly, promising young researchers who now synthesize results and methods from previously disjointed research traditions. This collection of outstanding scholarly work will set the agenda for the integrated study of language in the years to come. -- Charles Yang, Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania


In 1972, Georgetown University held the first meeting of New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) where formal and quantitative linguists convened to study language variation and change. Years of divergence followed but in the 45th anniversary year of NWAV, Georgetown was again the site of connection, with the focus on language acquisition: equipped with the structural constraints on language and the general principles of learning, how do children cope with the inherently variable data especially in the situation of variation and change? The contributors include leading experts in our discipline and more importantly, promising young researchers who now synthesize results and methods from previously disjointed research traditions. This collection of outstanding scholarly work will set the agenda for the integrated study of language in the years to come. --Charles Yang, Professor of Linguistics, University of Pennsylvania


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David W. Lightfoot is Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Communication, Culture & Technology program at Georgetown University. He is also Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science. Jonathan Havenhill received his PhD in Theoretical Linguistics from Georgetown University in 2018. He is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Hong Kong.

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