social determinants of linguistic complexity Trudgill, Peter. creator text bibliography enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2011 monographic eng

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xxxviii, 236 p. ; 24 cm. Sociolinguistic typology and the speed of change -- Complexification, simplification, and two types of contact -- Isolation and complexification -- Mechanisms of complexification -- Contact and isolation in phonology -- Mature phenomena and societies of intimates -- Epilogue: on the future of linguistic complexity. Peter Trudgill. Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-223) and index. Complexity (Linguistics) Sociolinguistics P128.C664 T78 2011 9780199604340 0199604347 0199604355 9780199604357 BTCTA 110414 20150408114107.0 713186795 eng