Author

Publication

2001-03-01 - Blackwell Publishing Limited

Language

English

Word Count

148,000 words, Guess

Page Count

592 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7609029M
  • ISBN-139780631179153
  • ISBN-100631179151
  • LibraryThing3769521

First Sentence

It is only reasonable that a book about the principles of linguistic change should begin by asking how important these principles might prove to be-should we succeed in defining them-for the general understanding of language.

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