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LANGUAGE CHANGE
PROGRESS OR DECAY? |
| By: |
Jean Aitchison |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1107023629 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781107023628 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
20 December, 2012 |
| Edition: |
4th Revised edition |
| Series: |
Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics |
| Pages: |
308 |
| Description: |
An introduction to language change. This updated edition remains non-technical and accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of linguistics. |
| Synopsis: |
How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language change explores these and other questions, considering changes through time. The central theme of this book is whether language change is a symptom of progress or decay. This book will show you why it is neither, and that understanding the factors surrounding how language change occurs is essential to understanding why it happens. This updated edition remains non-technical and accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of linguistics. |
| Illustrations: |
37 b/w illus. 2 tables |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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Returnable |