9781107678927-1107678927-Language Change: Progress or Decay? (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics)

Language Change: Progress or Decay? (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics)

ISBN-13: 9781107678927
ISBN-10: 1107678927
Edition: 4
Author: Jean Aitchison
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 312 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781107678927
ISBN-10: 1107678927
Edition: 4
Author: Jean Aitchison
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback 312 pages

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Language Change: Progress or Decay? (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics) (ISBN-13: 9781107678927 and ISBN-10: 1107678927), written by authors Jean Aitchison, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2012. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other Linguistics (Words, Language & Grammar ) books. You can easily purchase or rent Language Change: Progress or Decay? (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics) (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 $0.42.

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How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language change explores these and other questions, considering changes through time. The central theme of this book is whether language change is a symptom of progress or decay. This book will show you why it is neither, and that understanding the factors surrounding how language change occurs is essential to understanding why it happens. This updated edition remains non-technical and accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of linguistics.

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