Dynamics of Language Changes: Looking Within and Across Languages

This book explores the dynamics of language changes from sociolinguistic and historical linguistic perspectives. With in—depth case studies from all around the world, it uses diverse approaches across sociolinguistics and historical linguistics to answer questions such as: How and why do language changes begin?; how do language changes spread?; and how can they ultimately be explained?

Each chapter explores a different component of language change, including typology, syntax, morphology, ...