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On Explaining Language Change
Author:	Roger Lass
Language:	English
Subject:	language change, philosophy of linguistics
Publisher:	Cambridge
Pub Date:	1980
Media Type:	Print (hardcover)
Pages:	186
Isbn:	9780521117166

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]}

External links

• On Explaining Language Change

Notes and References

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