Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship: An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 93)

Hock, Hans Henrich; Joseph, Brian D.

ISBN 10: 311014784X / ISBN 13: 9783110147841

Published by Mouton De Gruyter, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship: An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics (Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 93)
• Publisher: Mouton De Gruyter
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 311014784X
• ISBN 13: 9783110147841
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why is Chaucer's English of the fourteenth century so different from Modern English of the late twentieth century that the two are essentially different languages?

Why are Americans and English 'one people divided by a common language'? And how can the language of Chaucer and Modern English - or Modern British and American English - still be called the same language?

The present book provides answers to questions like these in a straightforward way, aimed at the non-specialist, with ample illustrations from both, familiar and more exotic languages.

About the Author

Hans Henrich Hock, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Brian D. Joseph, Ohio State University, USA.