Language variation and change

Author: Xu Dam ing
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Viewing language research as scientific inquiry aims to explore the laws of human language, broadly speaking, including the laws of linguistic structure, linguistic evolution, linguistic usage, and language acquisition. Since the ultimate goal is to investigate the laws of human language rather than the laws of individual languages, emphasis is placed on uncovering the universals of language. Language Variation and Change is a volume in the "Frontiers of Linguistics" series, introducing the achievements of research in this field both domestically and internationally over the past decades. Language variation and change are core concepts in sociolinguistics, and studying them is essentially studying the core content of sociolinguistics. However, domestic scholars have paid relatively little attention to this area so far, making the publication of this book even more significant in promoting language research in China. The book is edited by Professor Xu Dam ing of Nanjing University, a renowned scholar in sociolinguistics research in China today.