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An Historical Study of English: Function, Form and Change

An Historical Study of English: Function, Form and Change

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Linguistics

ISBN10: 0415132738
ISBN13: 9780415132732
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 17 1996
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.18 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Through his analysis of selected major developments in the history of English, Jeremy Smith argues that the history of the language can only be understood from a dynamic perspective. He proposes that internal linguistic mechanisms for language change cannot be meaningfully explained in isolation or without reference to external linguistic factors.

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