Author: M. L. Samuels
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521099134
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Professor Samuels presents a comprehensive explanation of the reasons for linguistic change, applying his theory in particular to the history of English. He assesses and mediates between the conflicting dogmas of different schools of linguistics, and offers an alternative theory of linguistic change which is basically simple but has the scope to cover any type of change.