Language Change

ISBN-13: 9781138142626 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 102 str.

Larry Trask

Opis

In Language Change, R. L. Trask uses data from English and other languages to introduce the concepts central to language change. Language Change:

• covers the most frequent types of language change and how languages are born and die
• uses data-based exercises to show how languages change
• looks at other key areas such as attitudes to language change, and the consequences of changing language.

Spis treści

Ways of using this book Unit 1: Language is Always Changing Unit 2: English in the Past Unit 3: Borrowing Words Unit 4: Creating Words 5: Change in Pronunciation 6: Change in Spelling Unit 7: Change in Grammar Unit 8: Change in Meaning Unit 9: The Origin of Dialects Unit 10: Relatedness Between Languages Unit 11: More Remote Relations Unit 12: The Birth and Death of Languages Unit 13: Attitudes Towards Language Change Unit 14: Putting It All Together Further Reading Appendix Index

O autorze

Larry Trask, University of Sussex