Professor Samuels presents a comprehensive explanation of the reasons for linguistic change, applying his theory in particular to the history of English. He assesses and mediates between the conflicting dogmas of different schools of linguistics, and offers an alternative theory of linguistic change which is basically simple but has the scope to cover any type of change.
| ISBN: | 9780521083850 |
| Publication date: | 23rd November 1972 |
| Author: | M L Samuels |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 203 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Linguistics |
| Genres: |
Linguistics |
Professor Samuels presents a comprehensive explanation of the reasons for linguistic change, applying his theory in particular to the history of English. He assesses and mediates between the conflicting dogmas of different schools of linguistics, and offers an alternative theory of linguistic change which is basically simple but has the scope to cover any type of change.
Linguistic Evolution features in the following genres: Linguistics
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Linguistic Evolution was written by M L Samuels and published by Cambridge University Press
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