Language Change: Progress or Decay?
1981 linguistics book
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Language Change: Progress or Decay? is a book on language change by Jean Aitchison in which the author concludes that language change is neither a process of decay nor progress.
AuthorJean Aitchison
LanguageEnglish
Subjectlanguage change
PublisherFontana Press (1st ed), Cambridge University Press (from 2nd ed onward)
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| Author | Jean Aitchison |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | language change |
| Publisher | Fontana Press (1st ed), Cambridge University Press (from 2nd ed onward) |
Publication date | 1981 (1st ed), 4th ed (2012) |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 308 |
| ISBN | 9781107023628 |
Reception
The book was reviewed by Philip Baldi, Edwin L. Battistella and John Mullen.[1][2][3]
