by Jean Aitchison · Cambridge University Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780521422833
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«Language Change: Progress or Decay?» is the linguistics essay by Jean Aitchison, published by Cambridge University Press in paperback.
The book studies language change from the available evidence: how and why it happens, and why languages begin and end; it combines ancient and current examples to ask whether language progresses or decays and concludes that it is neither, but rather that its causes should be understood, in a non-technical style.
The work corresponds to the second revised and expanded edition, published in 1991 in the Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics series. Text in English.
Aimed at university students and readers interested in linguistics who want an accessible introduction without prior knowledge.
scientific article published in July 1994
