Language Change: Progress or Decay? explained

Language Change: Progress or Decay?
Author:	Jean Aitchison
Language:	English
Subject:	language change
Publisher:	Fontana Press (1st ed), Cambridge University Press (from 2nd ed onward)
Pub Date:	1981 (1st ed), 4th ed (2012)
Media Type:	Print (hardcover)
Pages:	308
Isbn:	9781107023628

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.

Reception

The book was reviewed by Philip Baldi, Edwin L. Battistella and John Mullen.^{[1] [2] [3]}

External links

• Language Change: Progress or Decay?
• 3rd edition

Notes and References

1. Review of "Language Change : Progress or Decay" by Jean Aitchison .
2. Battistella . Edwin L . Language Change: Progress or Decay? (review) . Language . 2004 . 80 . 1 . 166–167 . 10.1353/lan.2004.0001 . 144583544 . 1535-0665.
3. Baldi . Philip . Review of Language Change: Progress or Decay? . Language . 1983 . 59 . 2 . 411–414 . 10.2307/413585 . 413585 . 0097-8507.