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Why do languages change? / R.L. Trask ; revised by Robert McColl Millar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2010.Description: xi, 198 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521838023
  • 0521838029
  • 9780521546935 (pbk.)
  • 0521546931 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.9 TRA; 1 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1075 .T687 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
1. How do languages change?; 2. Why are languages always changing?; 3. Where do words come from?; 4. Skunk-Leek - my kind of town: what's in a name?; 5. Where does English come from?; 6. Why is American English different from British English?; 7. Why is English spelling so eccentric?; 8. Which is the oldest language?
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.

1. How do languages change?; 2. Why are languages always changing?; 3. Where do words come from?; 4. Skunk-Leek - my kind of town: what's in a name?; 5. Where does English come from?; 6. Why is American English different from British English?; 7. Why is English spelling so eccentric?; 8. Which is the oldest language?

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