Explaining Language Change

Explaining Language Change
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Publisher : Pearson Education
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0582356776
ISBN-13 : 9780582356771
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Book Synopsis Explaining Language Change by : William Croft

Download or read book Explaining Language Change written by William Croft and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2000 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Croft's text weaves together recent research findings from sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, grammatical change, pragmatics, social variation, language contact and genetic linguistics.


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