Variation and Linguistic Theory [electronic resource] / Charles-James N. Bailey.

This volume presents principles and models for describing language variation, and introduces a time-based, dynamic framework for linguistic description. The book first summarizes some of the problems of grammatical description encountered from Saussure through the present and then outlines possibili...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ERIC)
Main Author:	Bailey, Charles-James N.
Corporate Author:	Center for Applied Linguistics
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1973.
Subjects:	Creoles. Descriptive Linguistics. Diachronic Linguistics. Dialect Studies. Dialects. Diglossia. Generative Phonology. Language Usage. Language Variation. Linguistic Theory. Pidgins. Sociolinguistics. Transformational Generative Grammar.