The Hypothesis of Change from Above in the History of English: State of the Art and Perspectives

The present paper presents the state of the art of research related to hypothesized changes from above in the diachrony of English. A main aim of the paper is to show how the cooperation of various perspectives can open new directions in the research of language change. We examine the main aspects o...

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Main Author: Lavidas Nikolaos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2019-12-01
Series:Studia Anglica Posnaniensia
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/stap-2019-0012