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Language Change: Progress or Decay? - Aitchison, Jean
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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. The central theme of this book is whether language change is a symptom of progress or decay. This book will show you why it is neither, and that understanding the factors surrounding how language change occurs is essential to understanding why it happens. This updated edition remains non-technical and ...

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Language Change: Progress or Decay? 2012, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781107678927

4th edition

Trade paperback

Language Change: Progress or Decay? 2012, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781107023628

4th edition

Hardcover

Language Change: Progress or Decay? 2001, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521791557

3rd edition

Hardcover

Language Change: Progress or Decay? 2000, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521795357

3rd edition

Trade paperback

Language Change: Progress or Decay? 1991, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521422833

2nd edition

Trade paperback

Language Change: Progress or Decay? 1991, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780521411011

2nd edition

Hardcover

Language Change: Progress or Decay? 1986, Fontana Press, London

ISBN-13: 9780006861010

Hardcover

Language Change: Progress or Decay? 1985, Universe Publishing

ISBN-13: 9780876634561

Unabridged

Hardcover

Language Change: Progress or Decay? 1981, HarperCollins Distribution Services

ISBN-13: 9780006359838

Paperback