Change in Contemporary English: A Grammatical Study
- ISBN-10
- 0521867223
- ISBN-13
- 9780521867221
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 341
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-10-22
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Nicholas Smith, Geoffrey Leech, Christian Mair
Description
Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language has been changing in the recent past, and discusses the linguistic and social factors that are contributing to this process.
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