Understanding Language Change / Kate Burridge and Alesandar Bergs

By:

Burridge, Kate

Contributor(s):

Bergs, Alexander

Material type: Text

9780415713399

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

417.7 BurU

Summary: The Understanding Language series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics. Ideal for students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, each book carefully explains the basics, emphasising understanding of the essential notions rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position. Understanding Language Change offers a complete introduction to historical linguistics and language change. The book takes a step-by-step approach, first by introducing concepts through English examples and building on this with illustrations from other languages. Key features of this introductory text include: up to date and recent case studies at the end of each chapter chapter summaries and exercises that feature a wide range of languages coverage of application of historical linguistics in each chapter glossary of terms This book is essential reading for any students studying Historical Linguistics for the first time.

List(s) this item appears in: New Arrivals 15-30 November 2025, Vol. 06, Issue 31

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati General Stacks	Non-fiction	417.7 BurU (11713) (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Copy 01	Available	11713

The Understanding Language series provides approachable, yet authoritative, introductions to all the major topics in linguistics. Ideal for students with little or no prior knowledge of linguistics, each book carefully explains the basics, emphasising understanding of the essential notions rather than arguing for a particular theoretical position.

Understanding Language Change offers a complete introduction to historical linguistics and language change. The book takes a step-by-step approach, first by introducing concepts through English examples and building on this with illustrations from other languages.

Key features of this introductory text include:

up to date and recent case studies at the end of each chapter
chapter summaries and exercises that feature a wide range of languages
coverage of application of historical linguistics in each chapter
glossary of terms
This book is essential reading for any students studying Historical Linguistics for the first time.

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