TY - BOOK AU - Trask,R.L. AU - Millar,Robert McColl TI - Why do languages change? SN - 9780521838023 AV - PE1075 .T687 2010 U1 - 420.9 TRA; 1 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - English language KW - History N1 - 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? UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010292914-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010292914-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1010/2010292914-t.html ER -