Historical Linguistics and Language Change
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series)
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Language change happens in the spatio-temporal world. Historical linguistics is the craft linguists exercise upon its results, in order to tell coherent stories about it. In a series of linked essays Roger Lass offers a critical survey of the foundations of the art of historical linguistics, and its interaction with its subject matter, language change. He takes as his background some of the major philosophical issues which arise from these considerations,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521459249
ISBN13:9780521459242
Release Date:April 1997
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:448 Pages
Weight:1.40 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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