Jean Aitchison (University of Oxford)

Broschiertes Buch

Language Change

Beschreibung

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. This updated edition remains non-technical and accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of linguistics.

Autor

After many years lecturing with the University of London (at the London School of Economics and Political Science), Jean Aitchison was Professor of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford (1993-2003) and is now an Emeritus Professor. She is the author of a number of books on language, including The Language Web (Cambridge University Press, 1997).

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 4. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9781107678927
• ISBN-10: 1107678927
• Artikelnr.: 36275385

Rezensionen

'Jean Aitchison's Language Change: Progress or Decay? has been essential introductory reading for students of historical linguistics for many years: it manages the rare trick of combining theoretical sophistication and clear, simple (but not simplistic) expression. This new edition, which takes account of current issues in language-change studies while not discarding classic discussions, remains a fine and very approachable survey. I shall certainly recommend it to my undergraduates.' Jeremy J. Smith, University of Glasgow