This is a lucid and up-to-date overview of language change. It discusses where our evidence about language change comes from, how and why changes happen, and how languages begin and end. It considers both changes which occurred long ago, and those currently in progress. It does this within the framework of one central question - is language change a symptom of progress or decay...(展开全部)

How and why do languages change? This new introduction offers a guide to the types of change at all levels of linguistic structure, as well as the mechanisms behind each type. Based on data from a variety of methods and a huge array of language families, it examines general patterns of change, bringing together recent findings on sound change, analogical change, grammaticalizat...(展开全部)

How and why do languages change? Where does the evidence of language change come from? How do languages begin and end? This introduction to language change explores these and other questions, considering changes through time. The central theme of this book is whether language change is a symptom of progress or decay. This book will show you why it is neither, and that understan...(展开全部)

Lexicalization, a process of language change, has been conceived in a variety of ways. In this up-to-date survey, Laurel Brinton and Elizabeth Traugott examine the various ideas that have been presented. In light of contemporary work on grammaticalization, they then propose a new, unified model of lexicalization and grammaticalization. Their approach is illustrated with a vari...(展开全部)

Lexicalization, a process of language change, has been conceived in a variety of ways. In this up-to-date survey, Laurel Brinton and Elizabeth Traugott examine the various ideas that have been presented. In light of contemporary work on grammaticalization, they then propose a new, unified model of lexicalization and grammaticalization. Their approach is illustrated with a vari...(展开全部)

Ever since the origins of both linguistics and evolutionary biology in the 19th century, scholars have noted the similarity between biological evolution and language change. Yet until recently neither linguists nor biologists have developed a model of evolution to apply across the two fields. Explaining Language Change presents the first integrated theory of all aspects of lang...(展开全部)

Languages are constantly changing. New words are added to the English language every year, either borrowed or coined, and there is often railing against the 'decline' of the language by public figures. Some languages, such as French and Finnish, have academies to protect them against foreign imports. Yet languages are species-like constructs, which evolve naturally over time. M...(展开全部)

约翰 P. 科特（John P. Kotter） 举世闻名的领导力专家，世界顶级企业领导与变革领域最权威的代言人。他的核心思想是领导与变革。曾服务过的客户包括高级微型设备公司（AMD）、美国运通（American Express）、ARCO、雅芳（Avon）、通用电气（General Electric）、IBM、摩托罗拉（Motorola）、壳牌石油（Shell Oil）、索尼（Sony）等。科特1947年出生于美国圣迭哥，早年先后就读于麻省理工学院及哈佛大学，1972年开始执教于哈佛商学院，1980年，年仅33岁的科特成为哈佛商学院的终身教授，他和“竞争战略之父”迈克尔•波特是哈佛历史上获此项殊荣的最年轻得主。 科特已经出版了18种书籍，其中12种都在畅销书榜中名列前茅。他的书籍和文章被翻译成超过150种外文版本。

L.G.Alexander，世界著名的英语教学权威，曾任欧洲现代语言教学委员会理事。其著作为交际教学法奠定基础，其中一些如NCE和Follow Me已成经典教材。 何其莘博士，现任北京外国语大学副校长、英美文学教授、博士生导师。著有《英国文艺复兴时期文学史》、《英国戏剧选读》和Listen to This等。