On Explaining Language Change
AuthorRoger Lass
LanguageEnglish
Subjectlanguage change, philosophy of linguistics
PublisherCambridge
Publication date
1980
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages186
ISBN9780521117166

On Explaining Language Change is a 1980 book by Roger Lass in which the author examines various aspects of language change.

Reception

The book was reviewed by Suzanne Romaine, Esa Itkonen and Geoffrey Sampson.[1] [2][3]

References

  1. Sampson, Geoffrey (1 March 1981). "R. Lass, On Explaining Language Change; T. A. Perry, Ed., Evidence and Argumentation in Linguistics". The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 32 (1): 98–104. doi:10.1093/bjps/32.1.98. ISSN 0007-0882.
  2. Itkonen, Esa (1981). "Review of On Explaining Language Change". Language. 57 (3): 688–697. doi:10.2307/414346. ISSN 0097-8507. JSTOR 414346.
  3. Romaine, Suzanne (1983). "Historical Linguistics and Language Change: Progress or Decay? (Review Article)". Language in Society. 12 (2): 223–237. doi:10.1017/S0047404500009829. ISSN 0047-4045. JSTOR 4167399. S2CID 142947419.


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