Understanding Language Change Paperback / softback
by Kate Burridge, Alexander (Universitat Osnabruck, Germany) Bergs
Part of the Understanding Language series
Paperback / softback
Description
The Understanding Language series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics.
Ideal for students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, each book carefully explains the basics, emphasising understanding of the essential notions rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position. Understanding Language Change offers a complete introduction to historical linguistics and language change.
The book takes a step-by-step approach, first by introducing concepts through English examples and building on this with illustrations from other languages. Key features of this introductory text include:up to date and recent case studies at the end of each chapterchapter summaries and exercises that feature a wide range of languagescoverage of application of historical linguistics in each chapterglossary of termsThis book is essential reading for any students studying Historical Linguistics for the first time.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:298 pages, 41 Tables, black and white; 34 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:04/11/2016
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- ISBN:9780415713399
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:298 pages, 41 Tables, black and white; 34 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:04/11/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415713399
