00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862118049 Buklod 20180928115755.0 g||| | || || ta 180928s1992 cauab rb |||1 u|eng d 0121449203 (acid-free paper) (iLib)UPBAG-00031649731 DLC BAG rda eng P 106 B87 1992 Burling, Robbins author. Patterns of language structure, variation, change Robbins Burling. San Diego, California Academic Press, Inc. [1992] xiv, 461 pages illustrations, maps 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-433) and index. The uses of language -- pt. 1. Words. Meaning and the lexicon -- Morphology -- Lexical variation and change -- pt. 2. Sounds. Phonetics -- Phonology -- Phonological variation -- Variation through time: phonological change -- pt. 3. Sentences. Generative grammar -- The functions of syntax -- Syntactic typology -- Syntactic variation -- Syntactic change -- pt. 4. Growth. Pidgin and Creole languages -- First and second language learning -- Language and the human species -- Language and civilization. Language and languages. Linguistics. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN P 106 B87 1992 Book