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Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship - An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics (Paperback, 3rd. rev. ed.)
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Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship - An Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics (Paperback, 3rd. rev. ed.)
Series: Mouton Textbook
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Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our
parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why is Chaucer's
English of the fourteenth century so different from Modern English
of the late twentieth century that the two are essentially
different languages? Why are Americans and English 'one people
divided by a common language'? And how can the language of Chaucer
and Modern English - or Modern British and American English - still
be called the same language? The present book provides answers to
questions like these in a straightforward way, aimed at the
non-specialist, with ample illustrations from both familiar and
more exotic languages. Most chapters in this new edition have been
reworked, with some difficult passages removed, other passages
thoroughly rewritten, and several new sections added, e.g. on the
regularity of sound change and its importance for general
historical-comparative linguistics. Further, the chapter notes and
bibliography have all been updated. The content is engaging,
focusing on topics and issues that spark student interest. Its
goals are broadly pedagogical and the level and presentation are
appropriate for interested beginners with little or no background
in linguistics. The language coverage for examples goes well beyond
what is usual for books of this kind, with a considerable amount of
data from various languages of India.
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