Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship

Brian D. Joseph, Hans Henrich Hock

De Gruyter, 2009

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Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? This book provides answers to questions like these with illustrations from both familiar and more exotic languages.

ISBN-13
9783110218428
ISBN-10
3110218429
Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2009
Publication date
2009-08-19
Pages
605
Dimensions
230x155x
Weight
997