Language History, Language Change and Language Relationship: Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics
Author:   Hans H. Hock ,  Brian D. Joseph
Publisher:   Walter de Gruyter & Co
Volume:   No. 93
ISBN:  

9783110147841


Pages:   615
Publication Date:   August 1996
Replaced By:   9783110214291
Format:   Paperback
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Language History, Language Change and Language Relationship: Introduction to Historical and Comparative Linguistics


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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 14th century so different from the modern English of the late 20th century that the two are essentially different languages? Why are Americans and English ""one people divided by a common language""? Therefore, can the language of Chaucer and modern English - modern British and American English - still be called the same language? This book provides answers to questions like these in a straightforward way, aimed at the non-specialist.

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Author:   Hans H. Hock ,  Brian D. Joseph
Publisher:   Walter de Gruyter & Co
Imprint:   Mouton de Gruyter
Volume:   No. 93
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.894kg
ISBN:  

9783110147841


ISBN 10:   311014784
Pages:   615
Publication Date:   August 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Replaced By:   9783110214291
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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