Publications

Publication details [#5993]

Lass, Roger. 1980. On explaining language change. Cambridge University Press. xiii + 186 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

functional explanation | language change | naturalness of development

Annotation

A general consideration of possibilities and restrictions in explaining language change, including chapters on naturalness and on functional explanation.

Reviewed by

Pateman, Trevor A. 1982. Realism and language change.