Language Change

by Larry Trask

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415085632
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/28/1994
Series:	Language Workbooks
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	102
Product dimensions:	6.88(w) x 9.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Larry Trask, University of Sussex

Table of Contents

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