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A lively and thought-provoking exploration of why language change appears to be haphazard yet is fundamentally orderly. Exciting, witty, and a masterpiece of contemporary scholarship. "Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and English, Stanford University"
At last, an entertaining and readable book that presents the most current views on language and its evolution. "Joan Bybee, Professor of Linguistics, University of New Mexico"
Thoroughly enjoyable... Guy Deutscher is an erudite and entertaining guide through the paradoxes and complexities of language evolution. "Gene Gragg, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Chicago""
A lively and thought-provoking exploration of why language change appears to be haphazard yet is fundamentally orderly. Exciting, witty, and a masterpiece of contemporary scholarship. Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and English, Stanford University
At last, an entertaining and readable book that presents the most current views on language and its evolution. Joan Bybee, Professor of Linguistics, University of New Mexico
Thoroughly enjoyable... Guy Deutscher is an erudite and entertaining guide through the paradoxes and complexities of language evolution. Gene Gragg, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Chicago
""A lively and thought-provoking exploration of why language change appears to be haphazard yet is fundamentally orderly. Exciting, witty, and a masterpiece of contemporary scholarship." --Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and English, Stanford University
"At last, an entertaining and readable book that presents the most current views on language and its evolution." --Joan Bybee, Professor of Linguistics, University of New Mexico
"Thoroughly enjoyable... Guy Deutscher is an erudite and entertaining guide through the paradoxes and complexities of language evolution." --Gene Gragg, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University of Chicago
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