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Understanding Language Change
Kate Burridge
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Description for Understanding Language Change
Paperback. Series: Understanding Language. Num Pages: 314 pages, 41 black & white tables, 34 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: CFF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 486.
The Understanding Language series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics. Ideal for students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, each book carefully explains the basics, emphasising understanding of the essential notions rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position. Understanding Language Change offers a complete introduction to historical linguistics and language change. The book takes a step-by-step approach, first by introducing concepts through English examples and building on this with illustrations from other languages. Key features of this ... Read more
The Understanding Language series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics. Ideal for students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, each book carefully explains the basics, emphasising understanding of the essential notions rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position. Understanding Language Change offers a complete introduction to historical linguistics and language change. The book takes a step-by-step approach, first by introducing concepts through English examples and building on this with illustrations from other languages. Key features of this ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Understanding Language
Condition
New
Number of Pages
298
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415713399
SKU
V9780415713399
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Kate Burridge
Kate Burridge is Professor and Chair of Linguistics at Monash University, Australia. Alexander Bergs is Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Osnabruck, Germany.
Reviews for Understanding Language Change
An important addition to this excellent series, covering fundamentals in the `what' of language change such as sound change, changes in the lexicon and syntactic change, as well as the `why' including contact linguistics and the influence of language policy, and the `how' including diffusion and spread at multiple social levels. Each chapter comes with a rich set of data-driven ... Read more