Language Change Books

New and Published Books

1. Exploring Language Change

   By Mari Jones, Ishtla Singh

   In this student-friendly text, Jones and Singh explore the phenomenon of language change, with a particular focus on the social contexts of its occurrence and possible motivations, including speakers’ intentions and attitudes. Presenting new or little-known data, the authors draw a distinction...

   Published November 16th 2005 by Routledge
2. Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese

   A formal view

   By Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asian Linguistics

   Published July 21st 2004 by Routledge
3. Language Change

   By Adrian Beard

   Series: Intertext

   The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite titles. These provide...

   Published February 11th 2004 by Routledge
4. A Survey of Modern English

   2nd Edition

   By Stephan Gramley, Michael Pátzold

   Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this authoritative guide is a comprehensive, scholarly and systematic review of modern English. In one volume the book presents a description of both the linguistic structure of present-day English and its geographical, social, gender, and ethnic...

   Published October 15th 2003 by Routledge
5. Learning English

   Development and Diversity

   Edited by Neil Mercer, Joan Swann

   Series: English Language: Past, Present and Future

   English is learnt, internationally, in a range of diverse settings. This book examines processes of language acquisition in English, as well as what it means to learn English in different parts of the world. It looks at the place of English within formal education, and at some of the...

   Published December 4th 1996 by Routledge
6. English

   History, Diversity and Change

   Edited by David Graddol, Dick Leith, Joan Swann

   Series: English Language: Past, Present and Future

   The story of English is often presented as one of progress: from a set of Germanic dialects to a fully-fledged national and international language. The emphasis in this book is on the diversity of English throughout its history and the changing social meanings of different varieties of English....

   Published April 3rd 1996 by Routledge
7. Linguistic Ecology

   Language Change and Linguistic Imperialism in the Pacific Region

   By Peter Mühlhäusler

   Series: The Politics of Language

   Published January 3rd 1996 by Routledge
8. French Inside Out

   The Worldwide Development of the French Language in the Past, the Present and the Future

   By Henriette Walter

   In this comprehensive introduction, Henriette Walter provides the reader with a panoramic view of the development of the French language in the past, present and future....

   Published December 8th 1993 by Routledge