Language Change: Progress or Decay.

Aitchison, Jean:

ISBN 10: 0006359833 / ISBN 13: 9780006359838

Published by London: Fontana, 1981

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Series: Fontana Linguistics. 266p large paperback, a fresh and clean copy, no names or traces of use Language: English.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language Change: Progress or Decay.
• Publisher: London: Fontana
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0006359833
• ISBN 13: 9780006359838
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistics

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Synopsis

This book gives a lucid and up-to-date overview of language change, discussing where our evidence about language change comes from, how and why changes happen, and how languages begin and end. It considers both changes that occurred long ago, and those currently in progress. This substantially revised third edition includes two new chapters on change of meaning and grammaticalization. New sections have been added to other chapters, as well as over 150 new references. The work remains nontechnical in style and accessible to the reader with no previous knowledge of linguistics.

Book Description

This book gives a lucid and up-to-date overview of language change, discussing where our evidence about language change comes from, how and why changes happen, and how languages begin and end. It considers both changes which occurred long ago, and those currently in progress. This substantially revised third edition includes two new chapters on change of meaning and grammaticalization. New sections have also been added as well as over 150 new references. The work remains non-technical in style and accessible to the reader with no previous knowledge of linguistics.