The many faces of uniformitarianism in linguistics
The notion of uniformitarianism, originally borrowed into linguistics from the earth sciences, is widely considered to be a foundational principle in modern historical linguistics. However, there are almost as many interpretations of uniformitarianism as there are historical linguists who take the t...
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| Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Glossa |
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| Online Access: | https://www.glossa-journal.org/article/id/5159/ |