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Language Adaptation
Florian Coulmas
Language Adaptation
Florian Coulmas
Language Adaptation examines the process by which a speech community is forced to adopt an active role in making its language suitable for changing functional requirements. This wide-ranging collection of essays looks at this phenomenon from a variety of historical and synchronic perspectives, and brings together the work of a number of leading scholars in the field.
212 pages, 12 b/w illus.
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | April 2, 2009 |
ISBN13 | 9780521107471 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 212 |
Dimensions | 161 × 232 × 13 mm · 483 g (Weight (estimated)) |
Language | English |
Editor | Coulmas, Florian |
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