Linguistic Evolution: With Special Reference to English
Language: English
Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1975
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Book in Cambridge blue wraps has minor shelf-wear, wear and light liquid stain to very bottom back cover at front edge, tight, bright, and unmarked. Cambridge Studies in Linguistics 5.
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- Title
- Linguistic Evolution: With Special Reference to English
- Author
- Samuels, M
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
- Publication year
- 1975
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0521099137
- ISBN 13
- 9780521099134
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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'For the serious study of language, indispensable ... Samuels (University of Glasgow), one of the better British linguists, is well informed, philosophical, judicious. His is the only extended scholarly study of the processes of language growth to utilize modern research, notably in linguistic geography ... With him, evolution does not concern the origin or prehistory of language. He works with current and survived evidence, especially from Middle English and more recent British dialects, combining cultural with linguistic materials to describe the causes and directions of language change. The result is the best book in its area.' Choice
'Linguistic Evolution should succeed as an introductory text. Samuels has struck a rare balance between clarity and penetrating analysis. He has contributed towards the re-establishment of historical linguistics as a challenging discipline, something worth doing. In conclusion, the excellence of the technical presentation makes the book an absolute pleasure to handle.' Unisa English Studies
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