Historical Linguistics and Language Change

by Roger Lass

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• 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"