Language Change

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pp. 93, “From the beginning the reader is presented with interesting data on change in English and in other languages, and is invited to consider these data carefully and to draw suitable conclusions. Each unit consists of a brief introduction to a particular topic followed by a set of exercises expanding the ideas introduced. Among the topics covered are the various types of language change, attitudes to language change, consequences of language change and methods for working backward to reconstruct historical developments. R. L. Trask also covers the most dramatic types of change: the birth and death of languages. “

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ISBN 0415085632
ISBN13 9780415085632
Number of pages 93
Original Title Language Change
Published Date 1994
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Paperback
Size 8vo
Place of Publication London
Edition First edition
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Pp. 93, “From the beginning the reader is presented with interesting data on change in English and in other languages, and is invited to consider these data carefully and to draw suitable conclusions. Each unit consists of a brief introduction to a particular topic followed by a set of exercises expanding the ideas introduced. Among the topics covered are the various types of language change, attitudes to language change, consequences of language change and methods for working backward to reconstruct historical developments. R. L. Trask also covers the most dramatic types of change: the birth and death of languages. ” paperback edition

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Weight 1 kg