Understanding Language Change

McMahon, April M. S.

ISBN 10: 0521446651 / ISBN 13: 9780521446655

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1994

About this Item

Minor wear to cover, owner inscription; 8.90 X 5.80 X 1 inches; 376 pages.

Seller Inventory # 98068

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Understanding Language Change
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521446651
• ISBN 13: 9780521446655
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

About this title

Synopsis

This textbook analyses changes from every area of grammar and addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics.

From the Back Cover

How and why do language changes begin; how and why do they spread; and how can they ultimately be explained? This new textbook sets out to answer these questions in a clear and helpful way which will be accessible to all students with only an elementary knowledge of linguistics.