Atelier international : Population et changement linguistique | Social structure and language change
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Peter Trudgill, « Atelier international : Population et changement linguistique | Social structure and language change », Canal-U, la vidéothèque de l'enseignement supérieur, ID : 10670/1.u78nzg
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Social structure and language change This paper explores aspects of the hypothesis that the distribution of linguistic structures and features over languages is sociolinguistically not entirely random. The suggestion is that there may be a tendency for different types of social environment and social structure to give rise to, or at least be accompanied by, different types of linguistic structure. I will outline facets of this sociolinguistic take on linguistic typology with respect to linguistic change, with a particular focus on changes that might be labelled simplification and complexification. I suggest that linguistic simplification is most likely to occur in social environments of certain types; and that linguistic complexification is most likely to occur against social backgrounds of other, different types.