Scribes as Agents of Language Change

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<span><span><p>The majority of our evidence for language change in pre-modern times comes from the written output of scribes. The present volume deals with a variety of aspects of language change and focuses on the role of scribes. The individual articles, which treat different theoretical and empirical issues, reflect a broad cross-linguistic and cross-cultural diversity. The languages that are represented cover a broad spectrum, and the empirical data come from a wide range of sources. This book provides a wealth of new data and new perspectives on old problems, and it raises new questions about the actual mechanisms of language change.</p></span></span>

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<p><strong>Esther-Miriam Wagner</strong>, Cambridge University, UK;<strong>Ben Outhwaite</strong>, Cambridge University, UK;<strong>Bettina Beinhoff</strong>, Anglia Ruskin University, UK</p>

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