Language Change - Progress Or Decay?

Informationen zum Autor After many years lecturing with the University of London (at the London School of Economics and Political Science), Jean Aitchison was Professor of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford (1993-2003) and is now an Emeritus Professor. She is the author of a number of books on language, including The Language Web (Cambridge University Press, 1997). Klappentext An introduction to language change. This updated edition remains non-technical and accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of linguistics. Zusammenfassung 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. This updated edition remains non-technical and accessible to readers with no previous knowledge of linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Preliminaries: 1. The ever-whirling wheel; 2. Collecting up clues; 3. Charting the changes; Part II. Transition: 4. Spreading the word; 5. Conflicting loyalties; 6. Catching on and taking off; 7. Caught in the web; 8. The wheels of language; 9. Spinning away; Part III. Causation: 10. The reason why; 11. Doing what comes naturally; 12. Repairing the patterns; 13. Pushing and pulling; Part IV. Beginnings and Endings: 14. Language birth; 15. Language death; 16. Progress or decay?

Product details

• Authors: Jean Aitchison, Jean (University of Oxford) Aitchison
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.12.2012
• EAN: 9781107023628
• ISBN: 978-1-107-02362-8
• No. of pages: 308
• Series: Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics; Cambridge Approaches to Lingui; Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics; Cambridge Approaches to Lingui
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures