| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 349 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This text explores the intriguing and complex history of the language/dialect distinction, a puzzle which has long fascinated linguists and laypeople alike. It takes the reader from the prehistory of the distinction in antiquity, through the crucial early modern period, up to the approaches to language and dialect adopted in modern linguistics. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on December 17, 2020). |
| Local Note |
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press Open Access Books |
| Subject |
Dialectology -- History.
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Dialectology
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Linguistics.
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Language.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Van Rooy, Raf. Language or dialect? [Place of publication not identified] Oxford University Press, 2020 0198845715 (OCoLC)1145303064 |
| ISBN |
9780192584489 (electronic bk.) |
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0192584480 (electronic bk.) |
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9780191880865 electronic book |
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0191880868 electronic book |
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0198845715 |
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9780198845713 |
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