Scribes as agents of language change

Scribes as agents of language change [electronic resource] / edited by Esther-Miriam Wagner, Ben Outhwaite, Bettina Beinhoff. - Boston ; Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, c2013. - viii, 328 p. : ill., maps. - Studies in language change, v. 10 2163-0992 ; . - Studies in language change ; 10. .

International conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. From spoken vernacular to written form -- pt. III. Standardisation versus regionalisation and de-standardisation -- pt. IV. Idiosyncracy, scribal standards and registers.


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Linguistic change--Congresses.
Scribes--Congresses.


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