Principles of Linguistic Change
Subtitle: Social Factors, Vol. 2 (Language in Society)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: March 1, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 592
ISBN-13: 9780631179160
First sentence: It is only reasonable that a book about the principles of linguistic change should begin by asking how important these principles might prove to be-should we succeed in defining them-for the general understanding of language.