Understanding language change
Auteur :
McMahon, April M. S.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521446655
Date de publication :
17 mars 1994
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
550 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This new textbook will be accessible to all students with only an elementary knowledge of linguistics. In the first half of the book Dr McMahon analyses changes from from every area of grammar. In the second she addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics, and looks at such topics as language contact, linguistic variation, pidgins and creoles, and language death.