9780521459242-0521459249-Historical Linguistics and Language Change (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 81)

Historical Linguistics and Language Change (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 81)

ISBN-13: 9780521459242
ISBN-10: 0521459249
Author: Roger Lass
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 448 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521459242
ISBN-10: 0521459249
Author: Roger Lass
Publication date: 1997
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 448 pages

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Historical Linguistics and Language Change (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 81) (ISBN-13: 9780521459242 and ISBN-10: 0521459249), written by authors Roger Lass, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1997. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Linguistics (Words, Language & Grammar , Sign Language) books. You can easily purchase or rent Historical Linguistics and Language Change (Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, Series Number 81) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Linguistics books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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Language change happens in the spatio-temporal world. Historical linguistics is the craft linguists exercise upon its results, in order to tell coherent stories about it. In a series of linked essays Roger Lass offers a critical survey of the foundations of the art of historical linguistics, and its interaction with its subject matter, language change, taking as his background some of the major philosophical issues that arise from these considerations. The paradoxical conclusion is that our historiographical methods are often better than the data they have to work with.

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