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Understanding language change

Paperback • 1999 • English

Understanding language change

By April M.

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About the book

How and why do language change begin; how and why do they spread; and how can the ultimately be explained?

Linguistics
Sociolinguistics
Historical and comparative linguistics

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9780521446655

Published year

1999

Language

English

Original title

Understanding language change

Format

Paperback

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