This textbook analyses changes from every area of grammar and addresses recent developments in socio-historical linguistics.

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Understanding Language is the second edition of this introduction to linguistics aimed at all students who are new to the subject. The book is comprehensive in

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Understanding Language includes major sections on the noun and verb systems of the classical languages.