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Sociolinguistic Typology: Social Determinants of Linguistic Complexity

PTPeter Trudgill

Abstract

Prologue: Social Correlates of Linguistic Structures 1. Sociolinguistic Typology and the Speed of Change 2. Complexification, Simplification, and Two Types of Contact 3. Isolation and Complexification 4. Mechanisms of Complexification 5. Contact and Isolation in Phonology 6. Mature Phenomena and Societies of Intimates Epilogue: On the Future of Linguistic Complexity Bibliography Index

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Keywords
  • Complexification
  • Typology
  • Phonology
  • Prologue
  • Linguistics
  • Isolation (microbiology)
  • Sociology
  • History
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Reduced inequalities
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