UID:
almahu_9947361969702882
Format:
1 online resource (xvi, 196 p.) :
,
ill.
ISBN:
9780191710568 (ebook) :
Series Statement:
Oxford linguistics
Content:
Why do sound changes happen when and where they do? Jeremy Smith discusses the origins of a series of sound changes in English. He relates his arguments to larger questions about the nature of explanation in history and historical linguistics, and examines the interplay between sound change and social change.
Additional Edition:
Print version ISBN 9780199291953
Language:
English
URL:
Oxford scholarship online
