Aitchison Jean: Language Change: Progress or Decay
Скачать книгу (размер 1 564 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 308) Аннотация: 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 textbook is whether language change is a symptom of progress or decay. This book will show you how it is neither and that understanding the factors…