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Understanding Language Change
McMahon, April M. S. (University of Sheffield)
Understanding Language Change
McMahon, April M. S. (University of Sheffield)
This new textbook will be accessible to all students with only an elementary knowledge of linguistics. In the first half of the book Dr McMahon analyses changes from from every area of grammar. In the second she addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics, and looks at such topics as language contact, linguistic variation, pidgins and creoles, and language death.
376 pages, bibliography
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 17, 1994 |
ISBN13 | 9780521441193 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 376 |
Dimensions | 237 × 161 × 32 mm · 710 g |
Language | English |