Millennia of Language Change

Millennia of Language Change
ISBN-10
1108477399
ISBN-13
9781108477390
Category
Language Arts & Disciplines
Pages
170
Language
English
Published
2020-04-16
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
Peter Trudgill

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This collection brings together Peter Trudgill's essays on the sociolinguistic aspects of historical linguistics for the first time.

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