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Publication details [#26865]

Shapiro, Michael. 1991. The sense of change: Language as history. Indiana University. xii + 145 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

folk language | history | language change | philosophy | sign

ISBN

0-253-35203-7

Annotation

This book on problems of the how and why, the goals and the explanation of language change, introduces insights from Peirce's sign theory, discusses Sapir's linguistic drift concept, points to philosophical issues and engages in comparative reconstruction in folk tradition and the lexicon.

Reviewed by

Kallen, Jeffrey L. 1993. Review of $The sense of change: Language as history.