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.
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| Author | Jean Aitchison |
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| 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 edit
The book was reviewed by Philip Baldi, Edwin L. Battistella and John Mullen.[1][2][3]
References edit
- ^ "Review of "Language Change : Progress or Decay" by Jean Aitchison".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Battistella, Edwin L (2004). "Language Change: Progress or Decay? (review)". Language. 80 (1): 166–167. doi:10.1353/lan.2004.0001. ISSN 1535-0665. S2CID 144583544.
- ^ Baldi, Philip (1983). "Review of Language Change: Progress or Decay?". Language. 59 (2): 411–414. doi:10.2307/413585. ISSN 0097-8507. JSTOR 413585.
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