Roger Lass. Historical linguistics and language change [Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 81]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xxiv + 423 pp.

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Roger Lass. Historical linguistics and language change [Cambridge Studies in Linguistics, 81]. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xxiv + 423 pp.