Don Ringe (University of Pennsylvania), Joseph F. Eska (Virginia College of Technology)

Historical Linguistics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing the advances of theoretical linguistics to the study of language change, this textbook demonstrates the mutual relevance of historical linguistics and contemporary linguistics. It argues that this approach can and should lead to the re-integration of historical linguistics as one of the core areas in the study of language.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 650g
• ISBN-13: 9780521587112
• ISBN-10: 0521587115
• Artikelnr.: 36275002

Autorenporträt

Don Ringe is Kahn Term Professor in Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. The nature of human language and language variation; 2. Language replication and language change; 3. Language change in the speech community; 4. Language contact as a source of change; 5. Sound change; 6. The evolution of phonological rules; 7. Morphology; 8. Morphological change; 9. Syntactic change; 10. Reconstruction; 11. Beyond comparative reconstruction: subgrouping and 'long-distance' relationships; Appendix: recovering the pronunciation of dead languages: types of evidence.

Rezensionen

'Engaging, clear, modern, and intellectually honest ... this book will inspire a new generation of work in historical linguistics.' Philomen Probert, University of Oxford