Name: Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship (en Inglés)
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Author: Hock, Hans Henrich ; Joseph, Brian D.
ISBN: 9783110214291

portada Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship (en Inglés)

Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship (en Inglés)

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Libro Físico

Autor

Hans Henrich Hock

Brian D. Joseph

Editorial

Walter de Gruyter

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

605

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

22.1x15.5x4.1 cm

Peso

0.84 kg.

ISBN

9783110214291

ISBN13

9783110214291

N° edición

0002

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Language History, Language Change, and Language Relationship (en Inglés)

Hans Henrich Hock (Autor) · Brian D. Joseph (Autor) · Walter de Gruyter · Tapa Blanda

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Why does language change? Why can we speak to and understand our parents but have trouble reading Shakespeare? Why is Chaucer's English of the fourteenth century so different from Modern English of the late twentieth century that the two are essentially different languages? Why are Americans and English 'one people divided by a common language'? And how can the language of Chaucer and Modern English - or Modern British and American English - still be called the same language? The present book provides answers to questions like these in a straightforward way, aimed at the non-specialist, with ample illustrations from both familiar and more exotic languages. Most chapters in this new edition have been reworked, with some difficult passages removed, other passages thoroughly rewritten, and several new sections added, e.g. on language and race and on Indian writing systems. Further, the chapter notes and bibliography have all been updated. The content is engaging, focusing on topics and issues that spark student interest. Its goals are broadly pedagogical and the level and presentation are appropriate for interested beginners with little or no background in linguistics. The language coverage for examples goes well beyond what is usual for books of this kind, with a considerable amount of data from various languages of India.