TY - BOOK ID - 65544069 TI - Language or dialect? : the history of a conceptual pair PY - 2020 SN - 9780198845713 0198845715 0191880868 0192584480 PB - Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Dialectology KW - Historical linguistics KW - Dialectology. KW - Dialectologia UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65544069 AB - This text explores the intriguing and complex history of the language/dialect distinction, a puzzle which has long fascinated linguists and laypeople alike. It takes the reader from the prehistory of the distinction in antiquity, through the crucial early modern period, up to the approaches to language and dialect adopted in modern linguistics. ER -