First edition 1996. Published by Mouton De Gruyter. TRade softcover without DJ as issued. Condition very good, square and tight book, no edgewear, corners not bumped, spine not creased, no names, no underlinings, neat highlights on about 10 pages in first 2 chapters, no bent page corners, not a reminder. 602 pages. Heavy book may require additional postage for international order.

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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
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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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.

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

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