Language Change: Progress Or Decay?

Language Change: Progress Or Decay?
ISBN-10
0521795354
ISBN-13
9780521795357
Series
Language Change
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines
Pages
312
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Jean Aitchison

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This substantially revised third edition gives a lucid and up-to-date overview of language change.

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