The handbook of historical linguistics /
Publisher's description: The Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a detailed account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics concerned with language change as well as past language states. It provides...
| Other Authors: | , |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2003.
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| Series: | Blackwell handbooks in linguistics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Publisher's description: The Handbook of Historical Linguistics provides a detailed account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize current work in historical linguistics, the area of linguistics concerned with language change as well as past language states. It provides a comprehensive and current account of the numerous issues, methods, and results that characterize historical linguistics. It contains an extensive introduction that places the study of historical linguistics in its proper context within linguistics and the historical sciences in general. The book covers the methodology of historical linguistics and presents sophisticated overviews of the principles governing phonological, morphological, syntactic, and semantic change. It includes contributions from the leading specialists in the field. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 881 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 744-842) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780470756393 047075639X 140512296X 9781405122962 9780631195719 0631195718 1280284269 9781280284267 9780470756331 0470756330 9786612343353 6612343354 1405166207 9781405166201 1282343351 9781282343351 1780341849 9781780341842 9786610284269 6610284261 0470700319 9780470700310 |